The Republic of Mauritius (ROM) is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change and climate variability. According to the World Risk Report 2016, Mauritius is ranked 13th among countries with highest disaster risk and ranked 7th as most exposed to natural hazards (UNU& EHS, 20 16). Mauritius has developed a Climate Change Action Plan for addressing these threats. One important national consequence of exposure to disaster and environmental degradation is the impact on the migration of people.

ln that respect, the Govemment of Mauritius submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in the Iead up to adoption of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The JNDC makes reference to migration questions in the context of adaptation to climate change, highlighting inter alia, the implementation  of "plans to protect !ife and property and mitigate any propensity of migration of its population." This reference to migration in the national context mirrors interest at the global level.

Several studies highlight that climate change and environmental degradation are expected to have increasingly severe impacts on migration in Mauritius.

The findings of the study "The Other Migrants: Environmental changes and migration in the Republic of Mauritius", carrived out by the IOM in 2010, revealed that "at local scale, people already suffer from environmental changes through the degradation of their means of livelihoods. Yet, many of those affected by climate and environmental changes do not have the resources or land that would allow them to relocate their acitivies.

The survey "Assessing the Climate Change - Migration nexus through the Lens of Migrants (2017 has evidenced that people migrate to also reduce the vulnerabilities associated with climate change impact.s