A Pacific island nation on the front line of the climate change threat is building land to try to hold back rising sea levels.
But as the majority of Tuvalu’s population applies to relocate to Australia, a haunting question is being confronted: what happens to a country if the people have to leave?
In 2023, Australia and Tuvalu signed the historic Falepili Union treaty — a world-first climate migration and economic security agreement allowing Tuvaluans to permanently relocate to Australia through a special visa pathway.
Between 65 and 80 per cent of Tuvaluans applied for the visa in its inaugural year in 2025 — roughly 8,700 people of its estimated 10,000–13,000 eligible global population — making it one of the highest migration application rates on Earth…
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Source: ABC News