The first lot of climate migrants have arrived in Australia from the tiny Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu.
Tuvalu is one of the world’s smallest and remote nations, situated in the central Pacific Ocean between Australia and Hawaii.
Sea level rises and coastal erosion are seen as an increasing threat to the island, whose land mass is only as wide as a road in some parts.
The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty was signed into being in 2023 and entered into full effect in 2024.
Under the treaty, a special visa pathway was created to allow Tuvalu citizens temporary or permanent entry to Australia and the right to live, work and study….
1st Climate Refugees Arrive in Australia From Tuvalu
