1 May 2012 10:32 am
Media reports quoting Bowen said “Australia will continue working closely with Sri Lanka on issues pertaining to people smuggling preventing and disrupting people smuggling ventures by air and sea.”
Australia cooperates closely with Sri Lanka addressing people-smuggling. The Sri Lankan Department of Immigration and Emigration receives Australian aid, and Australia's last Federal Budget included almost AU$11 million to deploy Australian Federal Police officers to Sri Lanka and other countries to "combat people smuggling."