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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: US Should Accept People Fleeing Climate Disasters' data-article-id='5754'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12500'>An international rights group says the United States should accept millions of refugees who will be forced to flee the effects of climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='12500' data-end-time='20354'>Refugees International is a group that supports displaced people around the world. </span> <span data-start-time='20354' data-end-time='23104'>It released its report Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='23104' data-end-time='35354'>The group says the United States “has a special responsibility to lead on issues of climate change, migration and displacement.”</span> <span data-start-time='35354' data-end-time='43750'>The Institute of Economics and Peace is a not-for-profit research group based in Australia. </span> <span data-start-time='43750' data-end-time='54792'>It estimates that as many as 1.2 billion people around the world could be displaced by 2050.</span> <span data-start-time='54792' data-end-time='62750'>Refugees International created a task force in the spring to produce its report. </span> <span data-start-time='62750' data-end-time='69292'>It is made up of former U.S. government and United Nations officials. </span> <span data-start-time='69292' data-end-time='76104'>Leaders of non-governmental groups and climate experts are also involved.</span> <span data-start-time='76104' data-end-time='94854'>Their report urges that: “From Haiti and Honduras to Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and thousands of communities in both the Global South and Global North, those at risk need policy solutions today.”</span> <span data-start-time='94854' data-end-time='99063'>Kayly Ober is with Refugees International. </span> <span data-start-time='99063' data-end-time='116521'>She said her group “believes that the Biden administration should acknowledge the reality of climate-related migration and offer new forms of protection and support” for the displaced.</span> <span data-start-time='116521' data-end-time='136250'>The task force is also advising that the U.S. should recognize people displaced by climate change face “what would amount to persecution” under the 1951 United Nations treaty on refugees.</span> <span data-start-time='136250' data-end-time='155063'>In February, U.S. President Joe Biden asked National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to examine how to identify and resettle people who will be displaced by climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='155063' data-end-time='177083'>A top administration official told VOA that the administration is “actively working on a report on climate change and its impact on migration, including forced migration, internal displacement and planned relocation.” </span> <span data-start-time='177083' data-end-time='185063'>The official said that a version of the report would be made public by the fall.</span> <span data-start-time='185063' data-end-time='196021'>U.S. Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts, a Democratic Party member, is supporting legislation on that issue. </span> <span data-start-time='196021' data-end-time='208021'>It would offer support for people fleeing climate change events who do not meet the definition of a refugee under international law.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/be_given_presented_with_or_paid.wav'><span>be given, presented with, or paid</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/accept_or_admit_the_existence_or_truth_of.wav'><span>accept or admit the existence or truth of</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/examine_or_search_by_touch.wav'><span>examine or search by touch</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/perceive_or_detect_the_odor_or_scent_of.wav'><span>perceive or detect the odor or scent of</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17765 data-hint-location='177083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/according_to_a_us_administration_official_when_will_the_report_on_climate_change_and_migration_be_released.wav'>According to a U.S. administration official, when will the report on climate change and migration be released?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the fall'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/the_fall.wav'><span>the fall</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/the_winter.wav'><span>the winter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/the_spring.wav'><span>the spring</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/never.wav'><span>never</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17766 data-hint-location='185063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/us__blank__edward_markey_of_massachusetts_a_democratic_party_member_is_supporting_legislation_on_that_issue_.wav'>U.S. <span class='blank'>Senator</span> Edward Markey of Massachusetts, a Democratic Party member, is supporting legislation on that issue. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Senator'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/june_bug.wav'><span>June bug</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/lilac.wav'><span>Lilac</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5207/engineer.wav'><span>Engineer</span></div><div class='choice' 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