How Australia is trying to stop boats from Sri Lanka | SBS Dateline

Australian Federal Police based in Sri Lanka say in the past 18 months there's been a jump in the number of people trying to leave the country by boat. The AFP officers work with local police to stop people smuggling at the source.
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