Australia, Malaysia Sign Refugee Swap Deal

By ONE Liners Agency
July 25, 2011

MALAYSIA NEWS - Malaysia and Australia signed Monday exchange asylum seekers for refugees. In the swap agreement representatives of both the nations agreed in Kuala Lumpur the regional solution to human trafficking. According to the deal, Australia will be sending eight hundred asylum seekers initially to Malaysia. There are 4000 refugees cases for resettlement which are approved by United Nations.

The 800 migrants to be sent to Malaysia will enjoy all the rights that had been denied to over 94,000 registered asylum seekers over years.

For years Australia has been a target country for people from war-ravaged and poor regions. Mostly people from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran uses Indonesia or Malaysia as a transit point to travel to Australia. In 2010 over 6,000 asylum seekers arrived to Australia by boat.


Each year Australia grants visas to about thirteen thousand refugees under various international programs.


The agreement is a "ground-breaking", says Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He added further to the reporters in Canberra that it would "smash the business model" of smugglers who smuggle people.

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Chilean Volcano Ash Cloud Thinned, Airlines Take Flight In Australia

By STAFF Writer
WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2011

Flights have started resuming in Australia after several days of air transport chaos due to Chilean Cordon Caulle volcano's ash that shut some busiest and largest airports of the country. The ash cloud from the Chilean volcano thinned on Wednesday.

Thousands of travelers in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne were stranded on Tuesday afternoon after Qantas cancelled all the domestic flights in these airports.

Virgin airlines has also cancelled all in and out flights of Melbourne and Sydney until further notice. Virgin Australia spokeswoman Danielle Keighery said the ash plume of Chilean volcano is at very low level and the company is not comfortable flying.

This is the second time after last week the Chilean volcano ash cloud is circling Earth. Last time it delayed about 700 flights across New Zealand and Australia.

Extra bus and taxi services are put in the country to help passengers reach destinations.


According to bureau of meteorology's volcanic ash advisory centre, the ash plume of Chile volcano has traveled over 2,500 miles in just 24 hours.

The volcanic eruption started on June 4 following which flights in Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil were grounded.

Fourteen months before, air traffic chaos took place across Europe when volcano of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull erupted.


Chilean Volcano Ash Cloud Photo Gallery

Horse Day Out - A horse walks on ash covered field

White Coat - A man reading newspaper in the mountain resort of San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia 

Dusty Clean - A girl wipes off ash settled on a car in Argentina Ski Towns

Stranded Break - A family eating and gazing at a grounded Qantas airport

Plane vs Car - Taxis helped people reach destinations in Australia

Chilean Volcano Ash Cloud Video Gallery

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