One in three Tuvaluans apply to relocate to Australia under climate visa scheme just 10 days after opening. By Demi Huang and Ben McKay, 7 News

Nearly a third of the population of Pacific island nation Tuvalu has applied for a new visa scheme that would allow them to relocate to Australia.

Australia is offering 280 visas annually to Tuvaluan citizens under the Falepili Union treaty — a landmark agreement billed as the world’s first climate migration deal.

Citizens of the climate change-threatened Polynesian nation are being encouraged to apply as rising seas threaten to engulf the tiny Pacific nation.

One in three Tuvaluans apply to relocate to Australia under climate visa scheme just 10 days after opening. By Demi Huang and Ben McKay, 7 News