Indonesia praises Rudd’s new asylum-seeker policy
April 12, 2010 02:07 pm
Foreign ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said the tough
new policy, which has been condemned by rights watchdogs and refugee
supporters, would have a direct impact on the movement of undocumented migrants
around
“It will have a positive impact on the region, not just one
particular country... it could be
“This is definitely a clear message to those who try to smuggle migrants, that they are only offering false hopes because there’s nothing visible on the horizon,” he said.
“For the network of smugglers, they will now have to think
twice about sending migrants to
Critics have called
“What
He refused to speculate on how the hundreds of Afghan and
Sri Lankan migrants in Indonesian detention centres would react to the news
that they had no chance of being accepted as refugees in
In the most high-profile case, about 200 ethnic Tamil Sri
Lankans who were intercepted on their way to