Malaysia back on board to stop the boats, says Scott Morrison Scott Morrison says talks with Malaysia have restarted two important initiatives to stop the movement of asylum seekers across the nation's borders. IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison says Australia has "rebooted" its relationship with Malaysia in an effort to tackle the people smuggling trade. In his weekly briefing on Operation Sovereign Borders Mr Morrison said a meeting yesterday with Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Dr Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi had resulted in the restarting and upgrading of two important initiatives to stop the movement of asylum seekers across the nation's borders. Mr Morrison said discussions on an MOU on transnational crime had recommenced and the joint working group on transnational crime had been upgraded to not only address people smuggling but also the issues of drugs, guns, and people trafficking. He said the relationship with Malaysia, one of the largest transit countries for asylum seekers, was "as critical and more critical than anything we do once that boat leaves Indonesia." Malaysia agreed to boost its efforts in stopping people smuggling movement through the nation and had also agreed to Australia's request to tighten the visa arrangements for Iraq and Syrian nationals. Mr Morrison was joined at the weekly briefing by Lieutenant General Angus Campbell who said that over the past week two boatloads of asylum seekers had been transferred into detention centres. "On Sunday the 20th of October 126 people were transferred to Christmas Island," General Campbell said. On Monday the 21st of October a further 40 people were transferred to immigration authorities from second vessel. For the reporting period from 9am on Friday 18th of October to 9am this morning a total of 118 people were transferred to offshore processing facilities - 74 of these went to Manus Island and 44 to Nauru. General Campbell said in total 1101 persons were currently being housed on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, 682 were on Nauru and 2272 people were being housed in Christmas Island facilities. Over the same reporting period a total of 28 asylum-seekers were returned to Vietnam, 10 of those who volunteered to return home. Mr Morrison brushed off reports that the detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island were nearing or over capacity. This was echoed by General Campbell who said there continued to be "sufficient offshore processing capacity to meet current and anticipated future demand." It was also reported today during the briefing that Australian Federal Police had served summons on a 34-year-old female and a 34-year-old male connected to the people smuggling trade. The 34-year-old female was a former Iranian national now Australian citizen who has been accused of accepting the proceeds of crime. The 34-year-old male was a detainee in Villawood who was accused of being instrumental in organising a boat voyage in August 2012 before himself making his way to Australia by boat the following month. AFP assistant commissioner and head of the people smuggling disruption group part of Operation Sovereign Borders, Steve Lancaster, said anyone currently involved or previously involved in people smuggling activity should "expect to be investigated and prosecuted." We would urge any members of community with any information on people smuggling activity to report it to Crime Stoppers.