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    New Zealand considers creating climate change refugee visas

    Minister says experimental humanitarian visa category could be introduced for people displaced by rising seas
    by Charles Anderson in Nelson Oct 31, 2017 2 minutes
    The people of Kiribati are under pressure to relocate due to sea level rise. New Zealand could introduce a visa to help relocate people affected by climate change. Photograph: Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images

    New Zealand’s new government is considering creating a visa category to help relocate Pacific peoples displaced by climate change.

    The new category would make official the Green party’s pre-election policy which promised 100 visas for those affected by climate change.

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