People Smuggling
Australian labor calls for investigation into corruption claims
Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor-General to investigate whether the government paid people smugglers to turn around a boat full of asylum seekers. Audio
Indonesian Police say refugee crew paid by Australian officials
An Indonesian police chief is backing claims from a Bangladeshi refugee, first heard on Morning Report, that an Australian customs officer paid the captain and crew of a people-smuggling boat to leave… Audio
Asylum seekers
A people-smuggling boat with 65 people on board was headed to New Zealand. Steel-hulled and with every chance of making it across the Tasman. Audio
NZ journalist reports on people smuggling in Europe
There are currently more than 50 million displaced people around the world - a number not seen since World War Two. Audio
BBC reporter gets rare interview with a people smuggler
The UN Secuity Council is set to grapple with the huge problem of thousands of migrants fleeing Africa and attempting to cross the Mediterranean in death boats run by people smugglers. Audio