18/10/08
Two Indonesians have been charged with people smuggling after a boat arrived in Australian waters carrying 14 passengers who claimed to be Afghan refugees. There were 17 people, including three crew, aboard the boat when it pulled up alongside an offshore oil production and storage facility in the Timor Sea on October 6. The group was picked up by a Royal Australian Navy vessel and taken to Christmas Island, off the northwest coast of Western Australia.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24513583-5001561,00.html
Tags: Australia, Indonesia, Migrants and Refugees