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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.

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By John Heilprin - January 21, 2020
Migrant farmworker Ioane Teitiota, whose family fled Kiribati's climate (AN/Timothy McDonald)
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