https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-20/chinese-nationals-risking-lives-to-reach-us-or-australia/103852986

Disillusioned, desperate for cash and under pressure to pay bribes: China's emerging migration crisis

A growing number of people are trying to leave China — some risking their lives at sea or in the jungle — as the country's political and economic future remains uncertain. 

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인도네시아에서, 호주로 밀입국을 하기 위해서, 어선에 숨어 있던 중국인 5명을 채포함.

중국 여권을 들고서 인도네시아 경찰이 기념사진 한장 촬영..

운이 좋아서 호주에 도착을 한 사람들도 있지만,
도중에 실종이 된 배들이 2척이 있음.
중국인들이 이렇게 까지 목숨을 걸고서 호주에 밀입국을 하려고 하는 일은 매우 드믈은 일임

Chinese nationals trying to reach Australia by boat has been a phenomenon rarely seen until this year.

The ABC can confirm at least three groups of Chinese nationals have travelled or planned to travel to Australia by boat via Indonesia this year. 

Only Li's boat made it to Australian shores. 

저렇게 밀입국을 하기 위해서 $10,000를 쓴다고 함.

Why these men spent $10,000 each to reach Australia

The ABC has been in contact with three men — including Li — who have been detained at the Nauru Detention Centre since wandering into the WA air base. 

The ABC has used pseudonyms to protect their identities.

For Li, who is in his early 30s, travelling to Australia by boat was a last resort after being continuously frustrated by what had happened in China since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. 

He ran a small business in a northern city in China but, due to Beijing's tough COVID zero policy that saw entire neighbourhoods forcibly locked down for weeks at a time, his business suffered significantly.