A new OECS high-level Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment, and Climate Change will be launched on October 25, 2023, at the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACC) in Panama.
Member States of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed off on a ministerial declaration which was presented at the OECS second Immigration Council of Ministers Meeting held on April 13, 2023, in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are recurrently exposed to climate-related hazards the impact of which is increasing, resulting in both internal and cross-border displacement. These impacts threaten the human security of at-risk populations in the region limiting efforts to enable vulnerable people to live free from fear, free from want, and the opportunity to live in dignity. Â
The Ministerial Declaration demonstrates OECS Member States and Associate Members’ commitment to take action to mitigate climate change impact as well as to address human mobility relating to environmental degradation.