Stealth environmental influences on economic migration in Egypt

Afifi, Tamer

Policy makers and academics often pay little attention to environmental drivers of migration in Egypt. This paper demonstrates that environmental factors are often the hidden cause of the migration of Egyptians from one region to another. The analysis is situated in the broader studies on migration, and also shows why the findings of this study are significant. The paper makes recommendations that will hopefully help policy makers in understanding the causes of environmental migration and assist them in developing policies to address the problem of environmentally induced migration in a sustainable way.

agriculture environment climate change politics pollution water egypt natural resources environmental degradation forced migration immigration environmental pollution social sciences erosion intergovernmental panel on climate change desert nature climatic changes human migration centre for international governance innovation the centre for international governance innovation environmental refugees environmental migrants environmental migrant egypt’s