I lalo o le maliega o le Falepili, e to'a 280 tagata i le tausaga o le a mafai ona malaga mai Tuvalu ma aumau i Ausetalia nei, ma na amata i le lua vaiaso ua tuana'i ona taunu’u mai le vaega muamua ua fa’amanuiaina i nei avanoa e auala i se se’i.
Mo le ulugali’i o Telieta ma Kaumalie Manuela, o se itūlau fou i le soifuaga mo i la’ua ma le la fanau e to’a 4 le sifi mai motu 'amu o Tuvalu i le taulaga tele o Melbourne.
Na saunoa le tinā o Telieta Manuela:
'It's not like we're just coming on a vacation, it's like we are staying. It's a new home and it's a new journey. We realised that in the past few days. Tuvalu will always be in our heart and our home, but Australia is another new chapter to our family journey's life.'
O le Falepili Mobility Pathway, e talosaga iai tagatanu'u Tuvalu mo avanoa nei e 280 i le tausaga, ma o i latou e fa’amanuiaina, e auala mai i se se'i poo se palota.
O Telieta ma Kaumalie Manuela na faigaluega uma i le mālō Tuvalu, ae o le la fa’ai’uga e talosaga mo ni avanoa i lalo o le Falepili, na māfua i le naunauta'iga i se suiga i le soifuaga ma ni avanoa e fa’aa’o’oga lelei ai le la fanau:
'We came to the conclusion that in case we were selected, it would be a good opportunity in terms of better life, better education for our children, better job opportunities.'
O visa fa’apitoa nei mo tagatanu’u Tuvalu i lalo o le Falepili, e maua sa'o ai e tagata ua fa’amanuiaina i le se'i ni visa e nonofo mau ai i Ausetalia nei.
Na fa’amatalaina e Professor Jane McAdam, le Fa’atonu o le Evacuations Research Hub i le Univesitē o New South Wale, le uiga o le visa:
'It provides opportunities for what we call livelihood diversification, it enables kids to go to school in Australia, for people to acquire further skills and training which they might want to use here, but equally might want to take back to Tuvalu, and I think that's why this is something that the Tuvaluan government actually requested from Australia, because it sees it as embedding that skills diversification, that broader opportunity for remittances to be sent back to Tuvalu to support the economy there, rather than this being a one-way street for people to leave Tuvalu.'
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