Trickle Won't Swamp Us
February 12, 2002
Dewi Anggraeni*)
DESPITE the fluctuating temperature in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia, the two countries at the moment share a very immediate problem: people-smuggling. This issue, which was on the agenda of the talks between Prime Minister John Howard and President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Jakarta last week, has also shown up Australia as the only Western country imposing a mandatory detention law for asylum seek |