Canada is facing swelling calls for action from advocates and activists, concerned that the horrific strategies of forced cultural assimilation and genocide unearthed in Xinjiang are now taking place in Tibet.

Even with the varied efforts made by scholars and international organizations to define and create a policy framework on the matter of environmental migrants, there is still no legal definition. This has created a lack of understanding of the problem and a lack of international regulation, leaving environmental migrants in legal limbo with no real help or protection creating a problem of statelessness.