This simply proves that "Global Warming" is a politicalized joke.
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WORLD NEWS
October 15, 2013, 2:39 a.m. ET
Man Seeks Refugee Status in New Zealand Over Global Warming
Pacific Islander Claims Rising Sea Levels Have Made it Too Dangerous to Go Home
By LUCY CRAYMER
"WELLINGTON, New ZealandâSwelling numbers of refugees fleeing strife-torn regions of Asia for safer havens in developed economies have barely caused a ripple in New Zealand. Last year, just 324 people claimed asylumâfewer than in small European states like Macedonia or Montenegro.
"But a case due before a judge in Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, focuses on a novel type of asylum seeker: those seeking refuge from rising sea levels linked to climate change.
"A 37-year-old man from the tiny Pacific island of Kiribati is claiming refugee status in New Zealand on grounds that global warming has made it too dangerous to return to his homeland. The man cannot be named under a New Zealand immigration law designed to protect asylum seekers.
"Earlier this year, New Zealand's immigration tribunal rejected the argument in a closed-door hearing, but the man is appealing that decision in the country's High Court on Wednesday.
"Kiribati is one of the world's lowest-lying nations. Comprising a group of coral reefs and one island that straddles the Equator, most of the country is only one or two meters above sea level. Worries over the impact of rising sea levels prompted the Kiribati government to buy 6,000 acres of land in neighboring Fiji earlier this year to grow food and potentially resettle part of its 100,000 people if the country were to become uninhabitable."
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