Meet the first climate migrants leaving sinking Tuvalu to start a new life in Australia
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Euronews
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Situated in the South Pacific, Tuvalu is one of the countries at greatest risk from climate change due to the worsening threat of rising sea levels. Scientists predict that 95 per cent of the nation - which comprises nine palm-fringed reef islands and coral atolls - will be underwater at high tide by the year 2100
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Australia's climate change visa
More than one-third of Tuvalu's 11,000 population applied for an unprecedented climate visa scheme under a deal struck with Australia two years ago.
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The intake is capped at 280 visas annually to prevent the mass emigration of highly-trained or qualified people whose skills are still required in Tuvalu.
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