In part 1 and part 2 in this series, the author set out the census evidence on Pacific migration and reflected on what Tuvaluans have built in Australia. In the first two articles in this series, I talked about Tuvalu’s migration success and argued that Australia should be fairer to Kiribati. If there is one national issue that should rise above political parties, it is migration. Kiribati needs to embrace both outward and inward migration as a long-term national development strategy, and no Pacific nation has more reason to than we do. Why did Tuvalu receive a bilateral permanent residency treaty with Australia when Kiribati, which pioneered the entire global conversation on climate migration, has nothing comparable?