More Than 80% Of Tuvalu Seeks Australian Climate Visa

Source: International Business Times

One of the most climate-threatened corners of the planet, scientists fear Tuvalu will be uninhabitable within the next 80 years AFP More than 80 percent of Pacific nation Tuvalu's population is seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas lap at its shores, official figures showed Wednesday. Australia is offering visas to Tuvalu citizens each year under a climate migration deal Canberra has billed as "the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world". "We received extremely high levels of interest in the ballot with 8,750 registrations, which includes family members of primary registrants," the Australian high commission in Tuvalu said in a statement.