MIGRATION CLIMATE AND THE RIGHT TO FREE CHOICE OF RESIDENCE IN MADAGASCAR

Law

Human rights, and in particular the right to free choice of residence, must not be forgotten. As a fundamental right, it must be protected in the face of the climatic constraints that generate numerous social upheavals, such as climatic migration. It is well known that the Antandroy population group is the benchmark for climatic migration in Madagascar. Research shows that the violation of the right to free choice of residence in Androy, the region of emigration of the Antandroy populations, is caused by climatic disasters, while in the regions of immigration, including Diana, it is engendered by professional and social discrimination against these immigrants. It is in this context that it is essential to devise a genuine social protection policy that focuses on the climate issue but also and above all on the consecration of interculturality with a view to building a Malagasy people who is concretely united and supportive.

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