Migration Flows: Climate Change and Tom Middendorp

migration flows: You can imagine that makes us concerned because it has a direct impact on our sea levels, it has a direct impact on our security, said Middendorp, according to The Chronicle Herald. Ongoing conflicts sparked by drought are fuelling both extremist groups and increased refugee flows, as seen in Syria. Speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday, Dutch General Tom Middendorp warned that climate change is fuelling war worldwide. Before war broke out in 2011, Syria suffered a prolonged drought that destroyed cropland and displacing more than one million farmers. It creates conflict, it creates a ground for extremism, it creates a ground for migration flows, said Middendorp. Rear Admiral John F. Newton discusses the RCN MRC response to climatechange chronicleherald greatbigseas HFXforum HISF2016 Fram Dinshaw Fram Dinshaw November 20, 2016 Now in its sixth year, the conflicted has forced nearly 5 million people to flee the country and left a further 6.6 million people displaced, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees statistics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.