Legislation that takes effect next week also makes transportation companies liable for illegal refugees who use their services.

In fact, in 1992, when it was in office, Labor introduced detention centers for illegal refugees.

"I told him we already have 200,000 illegal refugees and immigrants living in Costa Rica."

Up to this point, Syrian officials have not made any wide-scale effort to deport illegal refugees from the country.

Experts say as many as 50 ships have been refitted for illegal refugees from China.

In recent years, Australia has put thousands of illegal refugees behind barbed wire in detention camps.

Bhutan considers the political parties of these refugees illegal and terrorist in nature.

"Enough to know that you bring in illegal refugees and then blackmail them for what little money they have," Cranston said.

"Yeh, he's out of danger, except for the Government's case against all those illegal refugees."

One of our greatest challenges is the explosive growth in the flow of illegal refugees.