Tongan noble MP wants focus on climate change migration

06:03 am on 27 September 2016

A Tongan noble representative has told a Commonwealth Secretariat meeting that countries need to prepare for the possibility of climate change-induced migration.

Lord Fusitu'a was part of a panel that led discussions at the meeting which was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Lord Fusitu'a told Koro Vaka'uta he wanted to share about the needs of the Pacific.

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