US EditionAustralia Offers World-First Climate Refugee Visa
AUSTRALIA, JUL 25 – More than 5,000 Tuvaluans have applied for 280 annual visas allowing permanent relocation to Australia as rising seas threaten to submerge much of their homeland.
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More than 80% of the inhabitants of Tuvalu, an archipelago threatened by rising sea levels, have applied for Australia's climate visa. However, some denounce Australia's responsibility for CO2 emissions. It didn't take long for the inhabitants of Tuvalu, an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean, to express their interest in the "climate visa" made available to them by Australia. As of July 18, the closing date for the inaugural applicat…
On Friday, the Australian Government granted 280 citizens of Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation threatened with the demise of the climate crisis, permission to obtain a climate refugee visa, which for the first time grants Canberra.
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Leaning Left1Leaning Right1Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution33% Left, 33% Center, 33% Right
Bias Distribution
- 33% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
33% Right
L 33%
C 33%
R 33%
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