The British Guardian reported that a 40-year-old Bangladeshi man stranded in France successfully avoided deportation on the grounds that air pollution in his home country affected his health. His lawyer argued that his client would risk serious deterioration in health or even early death if he returned to Bangladesh. A French court in Bordeaux last week overturned his deportation order, in what may be the first time environmental claims have been heard at an extradition hearing. A 40-year-old Bangladeshi man stranded in France has successfully avoided deportation on the grounds that air pollution in his home country affects his health. Photo source: DANNY DE HEK (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Environmental lawyer: Environmental degradation will lead to large-scale immigration. Well-known environmental lawyer Sailesh Mehta said that air pollution knows no borders, and environmental degradation will lead to large-scale migration. Migration occurs, and governments must take urgent action: "There is a clear link between migration and environmental degradation. As warming makes some parts of the planet uninhabitable, mass migration will become the norm. Air and water pollution respect no borders. We The humanitarian and political crisis can be prevented from turning into an existential crisis. But our leaders must act now. “We have the right to breathe clean air. Governments and courts are beginning to recognize this as a basic human right. These problems are not limited to Bangladesh and developing countries. "Air pollution kills around 200,000 people every year in the UK, and a quarter of all deaths worldwide are linked to pollution," said Mehta. On the 2020 Yale and Columbia University Environmental Performance Index air pollution indicators,
