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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12859575" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 80 people, including Sri  Lankans, Afghans, Pakistanis and Indians, who allegedly intended to  migrate illegally to Australia, officials said Wednesday.Immigration  officials arrested 22 Afghans and five Pakistan nationals in Colombo  while they were waiting to migrate to Australia illegally early  Wednesday morning, said an immigration official who spoke on condition  of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to the media.He  said preliminary investigations have revealed that their alleged plan  was to fly to either Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia and thereafter  travel to Australia by boat.A Pakistani man suspected of running  the human-smuggling racket has also been arrested, he said, adding that  further investigations were going on.Separately, police spokesman  Ajith Rohana said police also have arrested 53 people who allegedly  intended to migrate illegally to Australia after the navy intercepted a  boat off the eastern coast.He said the group arrested Tuesday  includes four Sri Lankans suspected of running a people-smuggling ring.  Two of the would-be migrants are Indian, and the rest are ethnic Tamils  from Sri Lanka. A magistrate has ordered them detained until a hearing  on June 20.Hundreds of Sri Lankans try each year to leave illegally by boats for Australia, New Zealand and Europe looking for jobs.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Associated_Press_logo_2012.svg/30px-Associated_Press_logo_2012.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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