General appointed to oversee Australia's migrant crackdown

摘要

Australia's new government has appointed a three-star general to orchestrate a crackdown on migrant smuggling.The government also said it would make good on a campaign promise to use force if necessary to turn back smuggling vessels, pledged to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to keep them away from traffickers, and said it would pay villagers to spy on people smugglers.In response, Indonesia's government has labelled such policies as offensive and a breach of its national sovereignty.commander of Australian military operations in the Middle East who has also served in East Timor, to co-ordinate the 16 departments and agencies involved in what has been dubbed Operation Sovereign Borders.