Relocation Action Plans and Climate Change

People living in the South Pacific Islands have migrated for centuries due to coastal changes, but the sea level rise caused by climate change has shifted their migration patterns to the Solomon Islands mass migration program (Preventionweb , 2008). The Solomon Islands are composed of about 1,000 islands and atolls located in the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea and northeastern Australia (CIA, 2011). It was designated as a small island developing country (SIDS) and least developed country (LDC) (Preventionweb, 2008).

The Pacific islands have a long history of planning a relocation project that experienced climate change centuries ago. These relocations are often devastating and infringe human rights in modern legal standards. From the 19th century to the 20th century, the population of the entire island abandoned the territorial claims, mined the phosphate, and experimented with nuclear weapons. Climate change is now giving more islands communities more prospect of relocation prospects. These new relocations took place with the consent of the "receiving" area with the mobile community. However, third country resettlement still often gives people a hard choice and divides the community. Some people like to grab the opportunity to stay, and some think they are willing to stay. There are also other individuals and families who may consider immigrant options without a community and may look for visas and work opportunities in other countries.

The United Nations reports that climate change adaptation plan needs to deal with population migration, demographic migration and demographic migration issues appropriately. According to the recommendations of the report, the National Adaptation Program (NAP) should make the communities affected by disasters due to climate such as floods and droughts more resilient. Immigration itself can also be regarded as an adaptation strategy. Environmental immigrants need better human rights protection Researchers say that people who have been forced to migrate due to environmental stress and climate change have a "protection gap" of human rights. In recent papers published by researchers, the lack of a legal framework and practices to protect "environmental refugees" is more common from immigration issues and the historical and political context of land holding.