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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Prianka Srinivasan

Stay or go? Offered a future away from home, Tuvalu’s people face a painful choice

Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation with a population of around 11,200, is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and global heating.
Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation with a population of around 11,200, is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and global heating. Photograph: Kalolaine Fainu/The Guardian

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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