Sri Lanka detains 83 Australia-bound boat people
- Published: 20 Aug 2012 at 20.48
- Online news: Asia
Sri Lanka's navy on Monday stopped two Australia-bound trawlers carrying 83 would-be asylum seekers in the first detection since Canberra tightened restrictions on boat people, officials said.
Arrested Sri Lankan men sit in the police fraud bureau in May after authorities cracked down on a people smuggling racket in Colombo. Sri Lanka's navy on Monday stopped two Australia-bound trawlers carrying 83 would-be asylum seekers in the first detection since Canberra tightened restrictions on boat people, officials said.
The navy said the two craft were found off the island's northeastern port of Trincomalee with two women and four children among those on board.
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