Attitudes of residents in migrant-receiving areas with respect to climate-related migration warrant consideration when formulating adaptation policy . Existing research is modest and difficult to generalise with respect to the impacts of climate- related migration and displacement on social dynamics and stability in receiving destinations, with outcomes being tied to the attitudes and social acceptance of receiving communities and efforts to integrate migrant arrivals into the community . Research from Kenya and Vietnam shows that residents of receiving communities view environmental drivers as being legitimate reasons for people to move and consequently tend not to stigmatise such migrants . In these examples, urban residents viewed environmental motivations as being comparable to economic reasons for migrating and did not see climate-related migrants as posing any particular risks for receiving communities. However, case studies from India suggest that a lack of recognition by local authorities of climatic factors being legitimate drivers of rural-urban migration may lead to discrimination against migrants in terms of access to housing and other social protections, thereby undermining household resilience .
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