Climate migrants: the State is taking action
This week, there were nearly 200 people, in trucks and public transport, in Fianarantsoa, blocked by the police because the cars were overloaded. Fleeing the famine in the South, they planned to go to the capital to reach the North.
Even if this phenomenon of climatic migration is not new, it has nevertheless increased this year. According to the report of the last Minister's Council, 30% of the population of some municipalities in the south of Madagascar have started to migrate to the North and West of the country since 2015 to date.
Despite the recent establishment of the Kere Operational Command Center (CCOK), the population, tired of the recurrence of drought and famine, is trying to find solutions elsewhere. These migrants currently find themselves in a precarious situation following their journey, the majority having often exhausted their small savings during the trip.
Faced with this phenomenon, the government has decided to set up an interministerial committee to support migrants. Monitoring and assistance for migrants in the places they have chosen to settle, particularly in the North or in the Bongolava region, are thus planned.
In Tsiroanomandidy, a need for labor for agriculture is noted and those who are ready to go there will be able to benefit from the famous green title. A project that consists of granting land to farmers and breeders. In addition, the Council of Ministers has decided to speed up the procedure for the distribution of land with an area of 1000 m2 per family in Ifotaka in order to encourage them to stay in their native region.
According to a survey conducted of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), analyzing the situation of high acute food insecurity and malnutrition, the number of the population in situation of high acute food insecurity, in need of urgent action could increase from 1.06 million to 1.35 million in 13 districts of the Great South and Great South-East of Madagascar. The number of climate refugees in search of livelihoods and a new life could thus increase if no lasting solution is found to deal with the current situation.
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