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Climate Migration: Indian kids find hope in a new language

A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jaidul Islam, right, walks past an upscale residential apartment building with his daughter Jerifa to drop her at a government school in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam started Jerifa Islam, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood.(AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands at the entrance of her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a poor neighborhood next to an upscale residential apartment building in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A child plays with a jump rope in a narrow lane of a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam, left, holds the hand of her father Jaidul Islam as they spend time at a neighbor's home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In the suburban area where Jerifa and her family now live, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam spends time with her father Jaidul Islam at a neighbor's home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Jerifa Islam, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Climate refugee Jaidul Islam, left, holds up a large suitcase in which he carried some clothes for the kids, a mosquito net and two towels, when he left his flooded village with his family and migrated to this one room home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Raju, right, talks with his father Jaidul Islam after coming back from school at their home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Raju, his sister Jerifa and their parents that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jaidul Islam, left, sits with his wife Pinjira Khatun, right, and their children Jerifa Islam, second left, and Raju inside their home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A girl looks at a man selling colorful candies as he walks through the narrow lanes of a poor community in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Children play in a narrow lane of a poor community in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In this community, most people are from Assam state, many forced to migrate because of climate change and dreaming of a better future. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Homes are surrounded with floodwater from the River Brahmaputra, in Assam, India, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo) Raju, left, meets his father Jaidul Islam after his school bus dropped him near his home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Raju, his sister Jerifa and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) A teacher conducts an after school class, part of a program run by a non-government organization for migrant children, many of whom are climate refugees, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam writes the alphabet in Kannada in her notebook at a government school in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam started Jerifa, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. The kids are now learning a new language to be able to go to school, and their parents hope that this new life in a new city will help them provide opportunities. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam writes Kannada language lessons in her notebook at a government school in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Jerifa, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam, second left, lines up with other students to receive free milk distributed at a government school near her home in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Jerifa, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jaidul Islam, left, arrives with his daughter Jerifa to drop her at a government school in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Jerifa, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jerifa Islam stands outside her home in a poor neighborhood in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A flood in 2019 in the Darrang district of India's Assam state started Jerifa Islam, her brother Raju and their parents on a journey that led the family from their Himalayan village to the poor neighborhood. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Climate Migration: Indian kids find hope in a new language