Nusa Dua (Antara Bali) - A Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime is being held here from April 1 to 2, 2013.
The SOM among other things discussed the role of international media, particularly media in the refugee's countries of origin, in reporting the danger of using small boats to sail to countries of destination, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Hasan Kleib said here on Monday.
He said international media often reported about "success stories" of illegal immigrants, instead of about how they put their lives at risk when sailing to countries of destination, such as Australia and New Zealand.
"Our maritime territories covering 3,000 miles. Refugees could be stranded any time on our shores when sailing from their countries to Australia or New Zealand," he said.
The Senior Officials' Meeting will be followed by a Ministerial level Meeting on April 3 and 4, 2014, which will be attended by 200 participants from 35 member countries of the Bali Process, 11 ministers, two deputy ministers, delegations from 18 observer nations and 10 international organizations as observers. (IGT)
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The SOM among other things discussed the role of international media, particularly media in the refugee's countries of origin, in reporting the danger of using small boats to sail to countries of destination, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Hasan Kleib said here on Monday.
He said international media often reported about "success stories" of illegal immigrants, instead of about how they put their lives at risk when sailing to countries of destination, such as Australia and New Zealand.
"Our maritime territories covering 3,000 miles. Refugees could be stranded any time on our shores when sailing from their countries to Australia or New Zealand," he said.
The Senior Officials' Meeting will be followed by a Ministerial level Meeting on April 3 and 4, 2014, which will be attended by 200 participants from 35 member countries of the Bali Process, 11 ministers, two deputy ministers, delegations from 18 observer nations and 10 international organizations as observers. (IGT)
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