Border Force – Australia Turns Back 3,300 Asylum Seekers Aboard 33 Boats
by Simon Kent More than 3,300 asylum seekers aboard 33 boats have been stopped off Australia’s shores and turned back in the past five years, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton revealed on Tuesday. The illegal asylum seekers were discovered by Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB), which has stopped about 80 people-smuggling operations since September 2013. Those who try to enter by boat are not the only illegal travellers on Canberra’s reject list. Australia is currently the only country in the world to mandate the strict detention of illegal migrants and asylum seekers who do evade border controls. Anyone entering or...
by Simon Kent More than 3,300 asylum seekers aboard 33 boats have been stopped off Australia’s shores and turned back in the past five years, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton revealed on Tuesday. The illegal asylum seekers were discovered...
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