15 OCTOBER 2013
WELLINGTON, New Zealand--Swelling numbers of refugees fleeing strife-torn regions of Asia for safer havens in developed economies have barely caused a ripple in New Zealand. Last year, just 324 people claimed asylum--fewer than in small European states like Macedonia or Montenegro.
But a case due before a judge in Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, focuses on a novel type of asylum seeker: those seeking refuge from rising sea levels linked to climate change.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal