280 Climate Refugees Won Australian Visas

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The world's first organized climate migration is now underway – through a lottery. The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is threatened by rising sea levels and 280 Tuvaluans have won visas to Australia. At the same time, the country wants to become the world's first "digital nation" after becoming uninhabitable.

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The Pacific nation could be completely flooded within 25 years due to rising sea levels. To address the threat from climate change, Tuvalu is now planning the world's

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The first climate-related visa in the world will allow people from an island state whose islands have an average height of three metres above sea level to migrate.Climate change causes more migrations than war and economic factors, with 2,474 citizens of Tuvalu – who involve a total of 8,750 people when joining their families – have applied for Australia's climate visa, the first bilateral agreement between countries to promote mobility for reas…

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Where, if the homeland sinks? Australia offers Tuvalu a climate visa. The rush is great - but only a few get one. Barbara Barkhausen