Four Corners: June 4
Four Corners revisits a story on people smugglers in Indonesia, and details their involvement in the death of 97 people at sea.
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In 2010 Four Corners broadcast a story on people smugglers operating out of Indonesia. Now reporter Sarah Ferguson tells how those same individuals were involved in the death of 97 people at sea.
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called people smugglers “the scum of the earth”. This program reveals how many of them have made their way to Australia posing as asylum seekers and have persuaded the government to grant them refugee status and residency. Now they ply their lucrative and sometimes lethal trade, whilst living on taxpayers’ money.
What Four Corners discovers is shocking and calls into question the entire refugee assessment process.
How did they get here and how can they operate their criminal network with impunity right under the nose of police and immigration authorities?
Monday 4th June at 8.30pm on ABC1.
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@Ann – it’s a literal drop in the ocean compared with the number of people who arrive by jet and then breach their visa conditions.
Just amazes me how many boats are able to leave Indonesian waters