People smugglers are concocting a new and expensive product to sell their asylum seeker clients - flying them into Australia on fake tourist visas to sidestep the harsh policies of both political parties aimed at boat arrivals. Three separate groups of Iranian asylum seekers in the Indonesian province of West Java have told Fairfax Media … Continue reading People smugglers take to the sky with Australian asylum seekers
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Indonesia frees Australia’s most wanted people smuggler; allowed to return to Afghanistan
Australia's most wanted people smuggler has been set free by an Indonesian court and granted his wish to return home to Afghanistan. The South Jakarta court ruled on Thursday that Sayed Abbas, 30, who was accused of being a smuggling kingpin, could not be extradited as requested by the Australian government. Chief Judge Pranoto said … Continue reading Indonesia frees Australia’s most wanted people smuggler; allowed to return to Afghanistan
Indonesia still stalling on asylum rescue effort; Australia expresses concern
Indonesian rescue authorities were last night still unable to find survivors or likely search sites for possibly two asylum-seeker boats that disappeared in the Sunda Strait last week. The weekend passed without Basarnas, the search and rescue agency, initiating searches for between 60 and 120 passengers thought to be missing. Basarnas officials said yesterday they … Continue reading Indonesia still stalling on asylum rescue effort; Australia expresses concern
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