"environmental migrant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: environmental migrants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} environmental migrant (plural environmental migrants)
  1. A person forced to migrate away from a traditional living area due to local environmental degradation. Related terms: environmental refugee
    Sense id: en-environmental_migrant-en-noun-~FFFwH19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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