Risk of 'climate refugees' says Gentilon

(ANSA) - Rome, May 6 - There is a risk of "climate refugees" being created by climate change and Italy must pay "special attention" to Africa, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said at an environment protection conference in Rome Friday.
    "Climate change will make us reckon with the phenomenon of climate refugees," he said.
    "There are areas of the world where people move because of reasons linked to climate change.
    "Italy must pay special attention to Africa", where "28 million Africans see their survival threatened by El Nino".
    He also said that small islands in the Caribbean and Pacific are threatened.