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Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.

The use of funds backed by Russian assets, however, is contentious.

Branded the "Great People's March" by organizers, the rally comes at the halfway point of contentious COP30 negotiations and follows two Indigenous-led protests that disrupted proceedings earlier in the week.

Some of the applicants have had contentious relationships with banks of late.

Chief Executive Bob Iger defended his company’s stance in the contentious negotiations.