The 'problem' with boat people this Refugee Week

By Kim Huynh
Updated June 21 2021 - 8:35pm, first published June 19 2021 - 5:25am
Migrants from Sri Lanka onboard a boat which washed ashore in Aceh Besar, Indonesia, in 2016. It was originally bound for Australia. Picture: Getty Images
Migrants from Sri Lanka onboard a boat which washed ashore in Aceh Besar, Indonesia, in 2016. It was originally bound for Australia. Picture: Getty Images

Sometimes when I tell folks that I teach refugee politics they ask: "What should we do about boat people?"

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