Migrants smuggled from Indonesia in containers

摘要

Smugglers working out of Indonesia have been found to be transporting migrants to Australia packed in containers. Audio recordings obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald also revealed that the smugglers were telling migrants that New Zealand was a better option than Australia as a destination. People risk drowning being smuggled by boat, but migrants opting for containers risk suffocation and dehydration. Still, smugglers called the container carrier operations the "cruise ship option", the newspaper reported.