One in three citizens apply for climate change visa

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Getty Images A woman wrapped in a green patterned sarong wades through knee-deep water to reach her home. The house is on stilts and surrounded by rubbish. Washing hangs off the side of the building, and a small tin dinghy is upside-down beside the building. — Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country

More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia.

Opening for the first intake on 16…

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