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Should someone who has been displaced because of a climate disaster be treated differently than someone fleeing war or persecution? Because if climate change experts are right, we'll be seeing more environmental refugees in the future. So what should we be preparing for? And what should Canada's role be? We ask three people, two refugee lawyers and a filmmaker who's looked into the topic to weigh in on this issue.

Photo1: Pakistanis displaced by flooding wait in line for food at a temporary camp and aid distribution center of the Pakistan Army in the inundated city of Jacobabad, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Photo2 : Rescuers clinging to a makeshift raft search for victims in an area flooded area after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Zhouqu county in northwestern China's Gansu province, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. More than 1,300 people people were missing after floodwaters tore through this corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

 


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