Australia’s Immigration
Minister Chris Evans says arrangements with Sri Lanka on tackling
migration and people smuggling has to be strengthened while there also
has to be better cooperation between the two countries on the issue.
According to The Age newspaper the Minister, who will visit Sri
Lanka this week, has said a third or so of the recent illegal boat
people to arrive in Australia have been people from Sri Lanka.
"A third or so of the recent arrivals have been people from Sri Lanka
and some of those haven't been found to be refugees, some of them have
been, if you like, economic migrants, and so some who have been found
out will be returned," he said.
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