'Climate change refugee' fights to stay in New Zealand

Immigrant from Pacific island of Kiribati hopes to convince court he is a refugee at risk from rising sea levelsA man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he is a refugee - suffering not from persecution, but from climate change.The 37-year-old and his wife left their remote atoll in the Pacific nation of Kiribati six years ago for higher ground and better prospects in New Zealand, where their three children were born. Immigration authorities have twice rejected his argument that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his family to return to Kiribati. Continue reading...