Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Landmines and remnants of war pose a serious threat, and more needs to be done to solve it

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW

In recent weeks, wildfires have ravaged Europe amid record-breaking heat and drought. These fires posed an immediate threat to life, forcing the evacuation of over 300,000 people across France, Spain and Portugal. Rivers across Europe have also hit record low water levels.

These developments have highlighted a deadly legacy of past conflict: unexploded bombs and other munitions.

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