Zimbabwe’s climate migrants fear eviction as crackdown intensifies

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Thousands of climate refugees who fled drought-stricken regions and resettled in Zimbabwe's fertile Eastern Highlands now face eviction as authorities intensify a crackdown on undocumented migrants. The displaced farmers had moved to escape areas where their land could no longer sustain crops, but official efforts to expel them are accelerating. Local officials and aid groups clash over whether the crackdown protects resources or deepens a humanitarian crisis for people already displaced by environmental catastrophe.