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Thousands in sinking Tuvalu apply for Australia’s landmark climate visa
SYDNEY – More than one-third of Tuvalu’s population has applied for Australia’s new climate visa, as rising sea levels continue to threaten the tiny Pacific island nation’s survival. According to Tuvalu’s ambassador to the United Nations, Tapugao...
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India tops with $ 7.3 bn remittances from Australia’s immigration boom
MELBOURNE, 2 July 2025: As Australia’s migrant population booms, so are the remittances sent abroad, with $38.2 bn left the Australian shores for many countries. But of these India tops the list with $ 7.3 bn remittances in 2024, followed by...
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Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than one-third of the people in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which scientists predict will be submerged by rising seas, have applied for a landmark climate visa to migrate to Australia, according to...
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A solidarity success and a climate failure: Thousands of Tuvaluans seek new visa to Australia
More than a third of people from the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu are seeking to move to Australia through an unprecedented climate visa scheme that opened last week. Signed by the two countries in 2023, the Falepili Union provides a pathway...
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Why one third of Tuvalu’s population hopes to relocate to Australia
James Ellmoor, CEO of an agency focused on sustainable development for small island states called Island Innovation, said the response was ‘not surprising’. Ellmoor acknowledged that the current application rates suggest that vast majority of...
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One in three Tuvaluans apply to relocate to Australia under climate visa scheme just 10 days after opening
Nearly a third of the population of Pacific island nation Tuvalu has applied for a new visa scheme that would allow them to relocate to Australia. Australia is offering 280 visas annually to Tuvaluan citizens under the Falepili Union treaty — a...
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Why one third of Tuvalu’s population hopes to relocate to Australia
James Ellmoor, CEO of an agency focused on sustainable development for small island states called Island Innovation, said the response was ‘not surprising’. Ellmoor acknowledged that the current application rates suggest that vast majority of...
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What a Potential Travel Ban on Tuvalu Reveals About US Foreign Policy Under Trump
In mid-June 2025 reports emerged that the Trump administration would consider adding to its existing travel ban on 19 countries (signed in early June) an additional 36 countries, including three in the Pacific: Vanuatu, Tonga, and Tuvalu. In an...
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Facing Rising Seas, Thousands in Tuvalu Seek an Escape Through Australia
As rising sea levels gradually swallow the world’s low-lying island nations, many citizens will have no choice but to leave their homes behind. In Tuvalu, one of the world’s most climate-threatened archipelagos, the migration has already begun....
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Tuvalu's Cashless Leap: Disappearing Island Nation Unveils 1st ATM Amid Climate Threat
Facing existential threats from climate change, the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, comprised of nine coral islands, has marked a contrasting milestone: the unveiling of its first ATMs. This move towards financial modernisation, with ATMs...
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Lost at sea: How Tuvalu’s plight holds lessons for the future
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with the Soviet Union,...
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FITNESS to Fight Corruption. Malimali's Tuvalu admission - Drunk and Crashing Out in the Judge's Hotel Room who was hearing her client's case- a damaging blow to FICAC's Integrity. Her SACKING is JUSTIFIED
Fijileaks: Under Judicial Service Commission (JSC) standards, knowledge of such serious misconduct—specifically, Malimali admitting to drinking and “crashing out” in a judge’s room during the Tuvalu appeal—would almost certainly have disqualified...
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2025: Pastor Oyakhilome to lead global healing streams service in October
The 15th edition of the Healing Streams Live Healing Services, led by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, is scheduled to take place from Friday, October 24, to Sunday, October 26, 2025. The three-day event will be broadcast live worldwide, providing access...
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‘Why us?’ NZ raises alarm as U.S eyes travel ban on Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu
The New Zealand Government has voiced serious concerns over a proposed United States travel ban that could block citizens from three Pacific nations, Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu from entering the country. It’s part of U.S President Donald Trump’s...
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Tuvalu PM Teo leads delegation at CEDAW session, engages in key…
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During the Pacific Technical Cooperation Session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) had the honour of welcoming Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo and a...
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'No community is immune to climate change impact:' Tuvalu's prime minister calls for global action on sea-level rise
A 16-year-old child swims in the flooded area of Aberao village in Kiribati. The Pacific island is one of the countries worst affected by sea-level rise. Photo courtesy of UNICEF By Pacific Island Times News Staff Feleti P. Teo, Tuvalu’s prime...
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At Ocean Summit in France, Tuvalu calls for global action on sea level rise
As Pacific nations descend upon Nice, France to join the rest of the world at the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), from 9 – 13 June 2025, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo has highlighted the urgent need for global...
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Gender equality in the Pacific: UN CEDAW committee to meet in Fiji
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) will hold its first regional technical cooperation session in Fiji from 07 to 11 April, during which it will engage in exchanges with three States parties: Fiji,...
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Prime Minister Of Tuvalu Calls For Global Action On Sea Level Rise At Ocean Summit In France
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Nice, France – Saturday, June 7, 2025 – During his address at the Ocean Rise and Resilience Coalition Summit, Prime Minister Hon. Feleti P. Teo of Tuvalu highlighted the urgent need for global collaboration to combat the existential threat posed...
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Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’
Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”, according to Carbon Brief analysis. Several countries even have used their 2035 climate plans to commit to...
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