Developing countries may be affected by the effects of climate change.
Severe drought and strong cyclones are forcing millions to flee their homes. In the next few decades, they will face the threat of modern slavery and trafficking. This information came from a recent study by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a policy and action research organization. News from The Guardian.
The IIED report said the growing situation of extreme weather disasters, including climate crisis, severe floods, droughts and fires, was having a devastating effect on the lives of people living in poverty and putting them at risk of further enslavement.
Researchers at IIED and Anti-Slavery International say severe drought in northern Ghana has forced young people to move to the city. Many women who work as porters can be victims of trafficking, sexual harassment and debt mortgages. Debt mortgage is a form of modern slavery, where the worker is bound in a work cycle to pay a huge tsunami.
A woman who moved to Accra from Ghana said she farmed until the floods destroyed her land. He then worked as a porter (kaiai) for seven years. He carries various products on his head. The woman said carrying the product on her head was not an easy task for her. When he came to Ghana, he did not know about this work. Later someone gave him pots, food and a place to stay. Instead he took all his earnings. He once had to pay for a customer's product.
The Guardian report also mentions the border areas of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. The situation caused by the floods caused by several cyclones has been highlighted there. Researchers have found that smugglers and traffickers in disaster-prone areas target widows and people desperate to cross borders in search of employment and income. They force trafficked people to work or work as sex workers.
“Our research shows that the effects of the climate crisis are affecting millions of people,” said Fran Witt, a modern slavery expert at the International Conference on Climate Change and Anti-Slavery. Extreme weather is destroying the environment, forcing people to flee their homes, as well as the risk of trafficking and slavery.
The World Bank estimates that by 2050, the effects of climate change, such as crop damage, water shortages and rising sea levels, will force 21.6 million people to flee their homes in six regions of Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
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