The absurd contribution by Thomas Vargas, the head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Indonesia, to the refugee issue must surely take the cake as the most harebrained remark since this issue became a matter of public debate. Vargas has been promoting the notion that turning back the people smugglers’ boats does not work.
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