No one wants to leave’: Marshallese communities push back against the migration narrative

Excerpt from pacificislandtimes.com

In the Marshall Islands, where land is not just property but lineage, identity and spiritual inheritance, the idea of leaving is not an option. Even as rising seas flood runways, submerge burial grounds and transform forests into sandbars, Marshallese leaders are pushing back against one of the most dominant narratives in global climate discourse: relocation as inevitability.