Door Open for Climate Asylum Deals With Other Pacific Nations: Foreign Minister

Australia has left the door open for other Pacific nations to sign up to security agreements, following a bipartisan deal with Tuvalu, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says. Under the agreement, Tuvalu residents facing displacement from climate change will be able to resettle in Australia. Australia will take in 280 people each year, with the Pacific nation having a population of about 11,000 people. As part of the elevated bilateral partnership between the countries, Australia will have a veto over Tuvalu’s security arrangements with other countries. The terms of what areas would be defined as being in the security sector are still being worked through....