The climate crisis is exacerbating the environmental and economic difficulties of countries like Senegal. Farmers, shepherds and fishermen are affected by lack of water, desertification and overfishing.
According to the Groundswell report (2021), it is estimated that 251 million could leave their countries due to climate change before the year 2050. Joan Lacomba is a professor at the Department of Social Work at the University of Valencia. She says that climate change has numerous implications and migrations are due to multiple factors that are not always obvious.