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Interesting times ahead. The purchase of the tract in Fiji is an ordinary land deal and does not imply a transfer of sovereignty. If the population of the Repub
by niftich 10y ago
Interesting times ahead. The purchase of the tract in Fiji is an ordinary land deal and does not imply a transfer of sovereignty. If the population of the Republic of Kiribati eventually relocates to this tract, what will be their legal status in Fiji? Citizens of Fiji, or refugees?
If the islands of Kiribati are underwater, other governments may come to challenge their claim to vast amounts of the Pacific [1]
[1] Maritime boundaries and claims: https://imgur.com/KbGj1mC https://imgur.com/KbGj1mC
- coredog64 10y agoMy solution would be for the US to purchase Kiribati and relocate the citizens to the Texas coast. The EEZ would then be turned into a conversation zone. The USN would use it as an MOA to keep out the tuna fleets. Once Kiribati is under water, those EEZs would turn into international waters. It has been a few years, but IIRC there isn't much impingement of other nations' EEZs on that of Kiribati.