• ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
facebook
twitter
  • National>Entertainment
  • National>Local Economics
  • National>Local Politics
  • National>Society
  • National>Sports
BREAKING NEWS
Countries to which Ecuadorians can travel without a visa
New air routes will arrive in Ecuador in June
Asian supermarkets participate in Macro Business Roundtable
Smithsonian Museum returns heritage assets to Ecuador
Buyers from 30 countries will be at the Macro Business Roundtable
National Court requests red notice from Interpol for María Duarte
The cheapest vehicle in the world could not circulate in Ecuador
Businessman Daniel Noboa announces his candidacy for the Presidency of Ecuador
Lasso: Never again will a president be left in the hands of a conspiratorial Assembly
Colors of the flag of Ecuador shine in Spain and Australia

World Forum Analyzed “Weather Migrants” Situation

Posted On 13 Oct 2010

QUITO, Ecuador. The Migration Worldwide Social Forum finished last night after Quito gave its statement; population resettlement due to weather change in native and rural communities was one of the main topics discussed.

Approximately 50 million people have been forced to migrate due to weather changes, they contribute to the 200 million immigrant list, according to the World Migration Organization this is the worst migratory crisis in humanity has faced.

During the “Global crisis and migratory flow,” Victor Nzuzi- Mbembe (Congo

Agriculture and Via Campesino world movement activist) said 70% of the population support their lifestyles by working in agriculture but they decide to immigrate because “the ground is tainted, there’s no water or resources that help countrymen in the land cultivation,” he said. “When Belgium wanted to build a train in Congo Democratic Republic, they brought Africans from Mali, Chad, Zimbabue; it was normal, they said Africans where like brothers. Now this option is not even taken into consideration, Africans are expelled from their countries,” he added.

Brazilian philosopher Ivo Poletto – he worked in the Hambre Zero (Zero Hunger) program – affirms the recent migrations have been caused by weather changes. “Drought, water contamination and soil damaging provoke country women relocate to cities looking to survive,” he remarked. He has a sui generis proposal for this situation “If villages are affected by destructive floods or droughts caused by global warming; we have to support these people’s rights to migrate and allow them to live in the territory of countries that have caused weather changes.

Alberto Acosta, Ecuador’s National Assembly ex-President, thinks migration rights should be guaranteed; villagers should be able to live in their own territories. “We can’t migrate because global warming is upon us, we have to make sure our territories have the necessary conditions for a good lifestyle,” he said.

The Social Organizations from different continents that participated in this world summit analyzed the impacts and perspectives of the global migration situation over the weekend; they announced there would be a march today, from El Arbolito Park to the Presidency, where Rafael Correa will receive them.

About the Author
  • google-share
Previous Story

No Official Statement from the Ecuadorian Assembly

Next Story

There will be an Extension for Holidays

SEARCH

LATEST NEWS

Countries to which Ecuadorians can travel without a visa

Posted On 31 May 2023

New air routes will arrive in Ecuador in June

Posted On 31 May 2023

Asian supermarkets participate in Macro Business Roundtable

Posted On 30 May 2023
Copyright © 2010 - 2019. All Rights Reserved. EcuadorTimes.net