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Stay or go? Offered a future away from home, Tuvalu’s people face a painful choice
Australia’s visa offer to residents of the Pacific island nation in the face of the climate crisis stokes mixed emotions
For many years, residents of Tuvalu have been aware of a threat hanging over their country: if nothing is done to combat the climate crisis, their islands in the Pacific Ocean could one day be swallowed by the sea.
As the urgency of the climate threat rises, last week Australia offered up to 280 citizens each year from Tuvalu access to live, study and work in the country as part of a sweeping treaty.
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