U.N. panel bolsters climate asylum seekers

Ioane Teitiota lost his case against deportation, but in its ruling the U.N. Human Rights Committee said people fleeing climate change may claim asylum.

By John Heilprin - January 21, 2020

Migrant farmworker Ioane Teitiota, whose family fled Kiribati's climate (AN/Timothy McDonald)

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