The Australian government will offer refuge to Tuvalu residents as climate change threatens to wipe out their island home.
Tuvalu’s residents will be offered the chance to work, study and live in Australia to avoid the impacts of rising sea levels that threaten their way of life, with places in Australia to be staggered over years.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the new visa arrangements alongside Tuvalu’s PM Kausea Natano.
A collection of nine islands close to sea level, Tuvalu is one of the countries most at risk of becoming depopulated because of rising sea levels.
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