ASIA: "Groundbreaking" people smuggling meeting closes

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 28, 2002 | Copyright information

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ASIA: "Groundbreaking" people smuggling meeting closes

By Catharine Munro, South-East Asia Correspondent

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Feb 28 AAP - Indonesia and Australia today closed the world's first meeting on people smuggling, declaring it "groundbreaking" and promising to hold another in 12 months.

"This conference, the first of its kind, has shown a strong international will to stop people smuggling and trafficking in persons," Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told reporters.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said the ...

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