US EditionTuvalu Residents Prepare for World’s First Planned Migration of an Entire Nation — and Climate Change Is to Blame
AUSTRALIA, JUL 18 – The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty allows 280 Tuvaluans annually to migrate with full access to health and education as climate change threatens their island nation’s future.
- On June 16 applications opened in Tuvalu for the climate visa, closing today .
- Under the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty, signed late 2023 and effective in 2024, 280 visas will be allocated annually from 2025 via a ballot system.
- So far, 5,157 applications had been submitted by July 11, Nikkei Asia reported, showing high uptake in the climate visa scheme.
- The outcomes of this year's ballot are expected by the end of July, and the first migrants could arrive in Australia by end of 2025.
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The Pacific island state of Tuvalu is experiencing a dramatic mass exodus. More than half of the inhabitants want to leave their homeland.
The sea is getting more and more from Tuvalu. Australia will now offer a new home for the first time to 280 climate refugees from the Pacific island state. The rush is huge – but there are also critical voices.
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“It’s too beautiful,” Lailega Neemia says of her homeland, Tuvalu. “It’s a good place to retire … stress-free … very relaxed lifestyle over there.” But the ocean is rising and she, like many other Tuvaluans, worries their home may be completely underwater soon. The South Pacific archipelago is likely to be the first country in the world to be uninhabitable due to climate change, according to the United Nations. Climate change is causing sea leve…
Tuvalu's exodus shows the terrifying reality of climate change. Rising sea levels, sinking land and destroyed lives have brought this small country to the brink of extinction. The Australian visa is a relief, but it is not the solution to the entire problem.
Sydney Morning Herald
Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
The climate visa lottery is part of the Falepili Union Treaty, which gives Tuvalu a dedicated migration pathway, as well as shared security and climate mitigation to try to support Tuvaluans to stay in their homeland.
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