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The Australian deputy prime minister, Julia Gillard, says conflict in parts of Asia is the reason why more asylum seekers
are trying to land on Australian shores.
Ms Gillard said it was clear that people had been on the move in the aftermath of the civil war in Sri Lanka. Her comments came after the Australian authorities intercepted a second boat over the weekend carrying more than a hundred would-be migrants, most of them Sri Lankans.
"We want Sri Lanka to rebuild and stabilise. In this period clearly there are people on the move," the deputy prime minister is quoted in Daily Mirror online. A group of over 200 Sri Lankan refugees are still in a ship in the Indonesian port of Merak, since arrived more than five months ago. They say they are asylum seekers, escaping from persecution in Sri Lanka, but Australia refuses to take them in. There have been many other similar boats intercepted by Indonesian authorities, en route to Australia, in recent times. The growing number of illegal migrants is becoming a political issue in Australia. |
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We want Sri Lanka to rebuild and stabilise. In this period clearly there are people on the move
