Nearly one-third of Pacific nation Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa
- Nearly one-third of Tuvaluans, or 3,125 individuals, entered the random ballot for a climate visa within four days of it opening.
- Tuvalu is recognized as one of the world's most climate-threatened places, potentially becoming uninhabitable within 80 years.
- Australia's climate visa program is a landmark response to climate-forced migration, allowing 280 Tuvalu citizens to migrate each year.
- This agreement legally recognizes Tuvalu's statehood and sovereignty due to climate change impacts.
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Faced with rising sea levels, one in three inhabitants of the archipelago is seeking a visa to settle in Australia under a treaty with Canberra and while populations vulnerable to global warming are struggling to make world leaders aware of the urgency of the situation.


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