Jakarta. Twenty-six asylum seekers who tried to make the journey from Indonesia to Christmas Island were found stranded on Argopeni beach in Central Java’s Kebumen district on Monday after being sent back by the Australia navy. “Based on a report we received from a navy post on Logending beach… the immigrants’ boat was stranded at
Read moreCanberra (ANTARA News/Reuters) – Great fears are held for 67 people, presumed to be asylum seekers, on board a boat that has been missing since it left Indonesia more than a month ago and may have sunk, Australian authorities said on Tuesday. The boat is the latest in a string of vessels to attempt
Read moreAustralia said Jakarta was free to bring up Canberra’s hardline asylum-seeker policy with the United States after the Indonesian foreign minister was reported as saying he would raise the issue with the visiting US Secretary of State. Australia’s “Operation Sovereign Borders” — which sees asylum-seeker boats turned back as a deterrent to people-smugglers —
Read moreAustralia said Jakarta was free to bring up Canberra’s hardline asylum-seeker policy with the United States after the Indonesian foreign minister was reported as saying he would raise the issue with the visiting US Secretary of State. Australia’s “Operation Sovereign Borders” — which sees asylum-seeker boats turned back as a deterrent to people-smugglers —
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