Chinta and Samundri Davi found themselves submerged when flooding struck their village, Salempur, near Bihar, India, in August 2007. Increasingly, the affluent nations that are largely responsible for causing climate change are turning away refugees from places rendered uninhabitable by it.

First published in the April 15, 2019, 12:02 a.m. edition

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