Asst.Prof.Dr. Kadir TEMİZ, one of the faculty members of the Department of International Relations at IMU Faculty of Political Sciences, gave a seminar titled “How Does the Climate Change Impact on Global Migration?” within the scope of the Fulbright Enrichment program held in Cleveland on 7-10 December 2022.
In his speech, TEMİZ stated that climate change has created a global migration process due to the changes and destructions it has created in the production, economic structures and living spaces of the regions, and discussed how and why this migration has become an important issue for international relations and foreign policy. He pointed out that this process may create problems beyond traditional foreign policy and international relations issues. He stated that global migration has entered an unstoppable phase that needs to be supported by civil society, such as the diaspora groups in host countries, with an institutional structuring approach. Thus, both the migration and immigrant policies of nation states and the growing concerns about migrants in these states will play a mitigating role rather than increasing populism and illiberal migration policies. He underlined that all these strategies will also contribute to the creation of a peaceful society.
Temiz, Kadir (2022). “How Does the Climate Change Impact on Global Migration?” Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, December 7-10, 2022, Cleveland, USA.