*facepalm*
you're obviously a newbie in this thread so perhaps it'd be better to go back and read through the hundred odd pages if I've lost you
TL;DR : aussie policies enacted by the previous government have encouraged folks like Sri Lankan asylum seekers to make an unsafe voyage over thousands of kilometres in search for a better life rather than the obvious option of India which they can nearly walk to at low tide and have common cultural ties.
I've already argued that imo the current system is unworkable and it would be better for Australia to exclusively take refugees through our humanitarian program.
I can't be arsed going around in circles for the tenth time in this thread so I'll leave it at that until something new is reported.