Immigration + Climate Change= Vulnerability, Kidnapping, Death

Alayne Unterberger
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readDec 31, 2022

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Title 42 is increasing vulnerability — and you can help.

National Geographic published a story in October 2018 before the current immigration crisis at the US Southern Border. In it, writer Gwen Steffens includes the following quote:

“To Diego Recalde, director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Guatemala, the current trend of mass migration in response to food insecurity and drought is a clear indication that the country has been barreling towards a climate change-induced crisis

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Alayne Unterberger
ILLUMINATION

@Dralayne is a medical anthropologist, nonprofit executive, adjunct faculty and researcher focusing on work, gender and migration. writes fiction, mental health