Jakarta, June 24 -- The Indonesian and Australian governments have agreed to enhance joint efforts in the areas of immigration, refugee management, and regional security.

During a bilateral meeting in Canberra on Monday with Australia's Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, expressed his appreciation and presented strategic proposals as concrete contributions from the Indonesian government.

"On behalf of the Indonesian government, we express our appreciation to the Australian government for the swift and detailed intelligence related to human smuggling networks that use Indonesian territory as a transit route," Mahendra said on ...