article_snippet.sent: The Australian government will be investing $4.1 million on a TV drama which is set to broadcast overseas as a way of deterring asylum seekers from entering Australian shores by boat.
article_snippet.sent: The drama, commissioned by the Customs and Border Security Agency, will reportedly have a story-line which involves the Australian Navy and asylum seekers drowning at sea.
article_snippet.sent: The Australian government will be investing $4.1 million on a TV drama which is set to broadcast overseas as a way of deterring asylum seekers from entering Australian shores by boat .
article_snippet.sent: An Immigration Department spokesperson would not clarify whether The Australian government will fully fund the drama.
article_snippet.sent: Despite the multi-million dollar funding, Phil Glendenning - president of Refugee Council of Australia -  told ABC program Lateline  that ABC program Lateline  
article_snippet.sent: Mr Glendenning says the government should instead use the funds to help the United Nations High Commission for Refugees give asylum seekers better security.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Australian government will make a multi-million dollar telemovie .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Australian government has been commissioned by the Customs and Border Security Agency .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: ABC program Lateline reports the story-line will be of the Australian Navy and asylum seekers drowning at sea .
  