Newly elected Tuvalu PM wants to rewrite deal with Australia

The newly elected Prime Minister of Tuvalu says he wants to rewrite his country’s landmark climate migration deal with Australia. The agreement would see up to 280 Tuvaluans per year migrating to Australia to escape rising seas. In exchange, the Australian government would be able to vet Tuvalu’s security arrangements, giving Australia a powerful voice in the Pacific to counter China. “That arrangement, which requires Australia and Tuvalu to mutually agree before Tuvalu embarks on discussing other security arrangements, is perceived generally as an encroachment on Tuvalu’s sovereignty,” Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo said. “I’m hoping that we will be able to agree on the way forward.”