Tuvalu: New Zealand's Pacific Access Category (PAC) Immigration Policy
Tuvalu is the first country in which residents have been forced to evacuate because of rising sea levels. Nearly 3000 Tuvaluans have already left their homelands. In support of their crisis, the New Zealand government has established an immigration program called the Pacific Access Category, which currently sees seventy-five residents migrate to NZ each year. The PAC also allows 75 citizens of Kiribati, 250 citizens of Tonga, and 250 citizens of Fiji to emigrate to New Zealand each year.
| Region | Small Island Developing States |
| Sector | Disaster-Risk Management |
| Scale | National |
| Objective | Discrete Adaptation |
| Impacts | Damage to Human Settlements, Flooding |
| Targetedness | Confronting Climate Change |
| Country | Tuvalu |
| Adaptation Strategies Employed | Promoting Policy Change |
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