Effects of climate change can be seen everywhere. The change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns is not only forcing wild animals to look for new habitats, but is also influencing humans to leave their current places. Recently, an increase has been noticed in refugees in Arkansas. The growing population of refugees has been linked to climate change.

Due to the change in climate, last year, a native of the Marshall Islands, Valentino Keimbar, travelled thousands of miles from his place in the Pacific Ocean to Springdale. About 70,000 people in Marshall Islands, which is a place six feet above sea level between Hawaii and Australia, are living in tough weather conditions.

Valentino Keimbar is not the only Marshall Islands resident who shifted to Arkansas. About 10,000 Marshallese have left their homes and started living a new life in northwest Arkansas. Marshall Islands government has even opened a consular office in Springdale.

Why residents of Marshall Islands have started to move? According to a resident, Josen Kaious, of Laura town, Arkansas is full of opportunities. Another migrant, Roselinta, said Arkansas is safe as it is far from the ocean.

The Marshall Islands is not the only place whose residents have started to move due to climate change. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati, the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and many other regions are facing the same climate change consequences like the Marshall Islands.

Chris Bryant, UK shadow minister of immigration, said in a statement, “If we get climate change wrong there is a very real danger we shall see levels of mass migration as yet unparalleled”.