In Reply to: Interesting to know..... posted by Maggs on Friday, 11. February 2005 at 08:24 Bali Time:
I found a couple of articles that talk about how many Australian prisoners could be returned to Australia to serve their sentences here, and one that is about the number being helped by our Foreign affairs office.
In 2002, 253 Australians were in overseas prisons.
There's more info in these articles:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/11/1047144971608.html (from 2003)
http://www.cvsa.asn.au/articles.php?ArticlesShowMe=7 (no date)
About 30% are being held on drug charges.