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Jul 25, 2023 | pina.com.fj | Saphora Smith |Olly Box

The tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu is in danger of disappearing into the ocean, but its people have a plan – a new digital home for future generations By Saphora Smith and Olly Box They knew we were coming. As we flew on one of the thrice-weekly flights to the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu, a construction worker sitting near us on the small propeller plane said he had been told journalists were due to arrive.

Jul 24, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Saphora Smith |Olly Box

They knew we were coming. As we flew on one of the thrice-weekly flights to the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu, a construction worker sitting near us on the small propeller plane said he had been told journalists were due to arrive. News had spread fast in this nation of some 10,000 people, which is among the least visited countries on Earth and which reopened its borders not long before our recent visit.