Tag: People Smuggling
Soldiers sent to Timor-Leste border for drug smuggling patrols
Three hundred and fifty Indonesian soldiers from West Kalimantan’s Tanjungpura Military Command have been assigned to keep peace along the border between Indonesia and...
Australia stands firm on hardline policies against asylum seekers
From ETAN/The Straits Times
By Jonathan Pearlman in Perth
Australia has adopted some of the world's toughest policies against refugees in recent years and will not...
Indonesian people smuggler cash scandal – jail for ‘paid-off’ boat crew
Report from Pacific Media Centre
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa on Rote Island, Indonesia
The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid...