# Smuggled from Sri Lanka: How Australia Is Trying to Stop the Boats | Full Episode | SBS Dateline

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People smugglers are preying on Sri Lanka's vulnerable with lies of safe passage to places like Australia. Dateline investigates the new wave of boats and how Australia is trying to stop them.

This episode first aired in 2023.

00:00 Why Sri Lankans turn to people smugglers 05:17 How Australia is trying to stop boats from Sri Lanka 11:35 Interview with a people smuggler 15:09 The legacy of Sri Lanka’s civil war 16:44 A perilous journey by boat at sea 24:10 Human rights concerns

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