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Climate migration fuels conflicts in Bay of Bengal region

Bangladesh Chakmarkul refugee camp Rohingya refugees

Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers say. The area is seeing frequent extreme weather, which combined with its strategic, social and economic fault-lines, makes it “fertile ground” for social friction and violence, they warned. Rohingya […]