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crunchypuddle t1_j9ggo5l wrote

There's a credible IEP report (assuming this is what you're referring to) which asserts 1 billion displaced by 2050. This is probably the report cited if you've seen this assertion in articles.

It should be clarified that's worldwide over the course of several decades. Up 3.7% over last year excluding Ukrainian refugees. I think the slower migration will help to offset some of these social pressures you're projecting.

This article does a pretty good job at illustrating which regions will be affected by this migration

TLDR again: Not so much gloom and doom. Some places are going to grow. Africa will see a boom.

Reddit tends to conflate climate change with climate disaster. I'm not saying climate change shouldn't be taken seriously, I'm just attempting to take some of the hysterics out of this situation, because if you believe reddit we're all doomed and we shouldn't even try... which just isn't true.

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ontrack t1_j9gg8rh wrote

I met a Senegalese guy on the beach in Dakar and it turns out he was fluent in Spanish. I asked him where he learned it snd he replied, "in prison in Spain". He was a trafficker who spent 3 years in prison in Spain and they offered free lesson in Spanish while incarcerated.

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ontrack t1_j9gfpca wrote

I lived in Senegal for 11 years and spent 3 years in other west African countries. There isn't a lot of xenophobia in the region. I occasionally heard a bit of grumbling at the number of Guineans in Senegal but there was no targeting of them by anyone. I never heard any political party address it either.

Cote d'Ivoire is one country that has had issues with xenophobia, particularly directed at Burkinabé, and this issue contributed to a period of instability in the country.

Many people in the region hold negative views of Nigerians but afaik they have not been officially targeted except that they often get extra scrutiny from police.

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