Climate refugees in their own country - Vuniniudrovu

Thousands of Fijian citizens will have to leave their traditional homelands and move to higher ground as refugees from climate change.

Apete Vodivodi and Inoke Kasanibui sit on the remains of a removed house where flood waters have previously reached the top step (SBS-Jennifer Scherer).jpg

Last year, 25 families from the village of Vuniniudrovu in Viti Levu had to relocate to higher ground as a result of rising sea levels.

According to Makereta Waqavonovono of Climate Tok in Fiji, more than 40 other villages will need to be relocated to higher ground as a result of rising sea levels flooding their traditional homes where generations of ancestors are buried.