Australia will take up to 280 Tuvalu citizens every year amid concerns of worsening climate conditions on the tiny Pacific island nation.
An aerial view of a strip of land between the Pacific Ocean (R) and lagoon in Funafuti, Tuvalu, on Nov. 28, 2019. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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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.
Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
