Australia is to give Malaysia two patrol boats to help the South-East Asian country fight human trafficking, dpa cited a Malaysian maritime official as saying Thursday. The official said the two Bay Class patrol boats would be handed over to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agencyin the middle of 2015. "Australian officers will provide training to our men in operating the patrol boats," he said. The agreement was reached Wednesday during a meeting in Malaysia between Scott Morrison, Australia's minister for immigration and border protection, and Amdan Kurish, the general director of the Maritime Enforcement Agency. Many mainly Middle Eastern asylum seekers try to reach Australia by sea, travelling via Malaysia and Indonesia.
