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World Bank: let climate-threatened Pacific islanders migrate to Australia or NZ | Environment | The Guardian

'The policy paper, Pacific Possible, suggests as one climate change adaptation measure, open access migration from Tuvalu and Kiribati – for work and permanent settlement – to Australia and New Zealand. '

'None have been successful (four have yet to be determined and 13 have been rejected) because the refugees convention does not recognise climate change as grounds for protection. '

'Australia and New Zealand should allow open migration for citizens of Pacific nations threatened by climate change, to boost struggling island economies and prevent a later mass forced migration, a paper from the World Bank argues. '

'Tuvalu (population 11,000) and Kiribati (107,000) are low-lying archipelago nations in the Pacific acutely vulnerable to climate change, in particular to rising sea levels that have already begun inundating land and homes across the islands. '

'The World Bank paper argues a structured migration program instituted now would prevent a more harried, forced migration in future generations.“The worsening impacts of climate change have provided a new moral imperative for providing open access,” the report says. '

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