Climate refugees are being created every day, all across the world. It's critical that we unify to demand climate reparations for communities that carry an outsized burden of responsibility. For immigrant justice organizers, this includes demanding governments be accountable for a situation where people are forced to take unsafe routes by opening borders, streamlining asylum processes for climate refugees and recognizing they are making brave, impossible choices to rebuild their lives elsewhere and to reconnect with family and loved ones, after losing so much.
- Carolyn Tran, Co-Director of CUSP
Why We Urgently Need TPS for Pakistan
Ranked the eighth most vulnerable country to global warming, Pakistan is currently underwater due to eight consecutive weeks of flooding. Relief agencies have warned that the wait for the water to even recede could last at least six months. In the interim, millions of people have no access to clean potable water or safe shelter and have lost their ability to work the lands impacted by the floods in a country, where agriculture is the predominant source of livelihood.
The catastrophic crisis has been compounded by the lack of resources. Decades of political instability have displaced over a million people, a number that has consistently grown over the years. The constitutional crisis under ex-prime minister Imran Khan and the uncertainty of elections and security have escalated matters. The situation has been impacted by the current geo-political relationships with the United States.
“Granting TPS to Pakistani nationals in need is a small but consequential step that the United States can take to immediately reduce the human suffering caused by this natural disaster and would reaffirm our stance as a global leader committed to humanitarian relief efforts and protections,” Senators wrote in a letter calling on President Biden to grant TPS to Pakistani nationals residing in the United States.
Call to Action
SIGN THE PETITION
As millions of Pakistanis continue to suffer from the ongoing devastation of deadly floods, we urge President Joe Biden and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to grant Temporary Protective Status (TPS) and Special Student Status (SSR) for Pakistani nationals working and studying in the United States.
SIGN THE PETITION
As millions of Pakistanis continue to suffer from the ongoing devastation of deadly floods, we urge President Joe Biden and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to grant Temporary Protective Status (TPS) and Special Student Status (SSR) for Pakistani nationals working and studying in the United States.
Advocacy organizations demand a timely Pakistan TPS designation!
Pakistani diaspora led organizations and immigrant allies are leading a letter to the administration to review country conditions and designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) for Pakistan. An ongoing humanitarian and climate crisis in Pakistan makes the return of its nationals dangerous and inconceivable. Catastrophic flooding has left one-third of Pakistan underwater, and devastated the country’s healthcare, education, and agricultural infrastructure. It has resulted in the displacement of 7.9 million people, impacted more than 33 million people, and caused the death of at least 1600 people and counting. After record flooding, the UN health agency warned that the country is on the verge of a public health crisis as millions suffer from waterborne diseases.
