SYDNEY (AFP): Australia said Friday it has struck a deal with Malaysia to disrupt the transit of asylum-seekers through the country to Indonesia, where they board boats heading for Australian waters.
The arrival of thousands of boatpeople has for years proved a major political headache in Canberra and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison estimated that more than half of those who reach Australia come through Malaysia.
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