Much climate-related migration is associated with labour migration. Rural-urban migrant networks are important channels for remittances and knowledge that help build resilience to hazards in sending areas . Whether migration reduces vulnerability for migrants depends on levels of control over the migration decision and assets such as wealth, and education of the migrant household . Individuals from households of all levels of wealth migrate. However, poorer households do so with lower levels of choice and often more likely under duress, and in these cases, migration can undermine well-being . In some cases, migration can increase poverty in sending communities . Women in the sending community can experience an increase or decrease in the vulnerability, depending on the livelihoods people are moving into and existing asset bases .
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