90 Still Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Australia
The search continues Friday for scores of people missing in the Indian Ocean after their crowded refugee boat capsized off Australia's remote Christmas Island territory. The boat carrying around 200...
View ArticleBoat Carrying 150 Asylum Seekers Capsizes off Northwest Australia
A boat carrying an estimated 150 asylum seekers has overturned off the coast of Australia's remote Christmas Island, less than a week after a similar incident killed up to 90 people. Two Australian...
View Article123 Rescued from Capsized Refugee Boat Off Australian Coast
Australian authorities have rescued most of the people on board a crowded refugee boat that overturned Wednesday in the Indian Ocean. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says at least 123 people have been...
View Article125 Rescued from Capsized Refugee Boat Off Australian Coast
Australian authorities have rescued most of the people on board a crowded refugee boat that overturned Wednesday in the Indian Ocean. Rescuers saved 125 people from where the ship capsized, about 200...
View Article130 Rescued from Capsized Refugee Boat Off Australia
Australian authorities have rescued most of the people on board a crowded refugee boat that overturned Wednesday in the Indian Ocean. Rescuers saved 130 people from where the ship capsized, about 200...
View ArticleAustralian Lawmakers Reject Asylum Seeker Bill
Australian lawmakers remain deadlocked over the divisive issue of asylum seekers, after the Senate rejected a bill Thursday that would have allowed Australia-bound migrants to be sent offshore for...
View ArticleAustralia Considers Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers
Australia is considering a plan to reopen detention centers in the Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru, in order to deter asylum seekers from attempting a dangerous sea journey to...
View ArticleSix Rescued, 140 Missing After Asylum Boat Sinks Off Indonesia
Rescuers have safely pulled six people from the waters off Indonesia, but are still searching for many more after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank. A merchant ship rescued the six survivors early...
View Article22 Rescued, 128 Missing After Asylum Boat Sinks Off Indonesia
An Australian Navy patrol boat has rescued 16 people and a merchant vessel pulled six others to safety after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank in the waters off Indonesia. Rescuers are still looking...
View Article45 Rescued, 105 Missing After Asylum Boat Sinks Off Indonesia
Rescuers working off the coast of Indonesia have pulled 45 people to safety after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank. Australia's maritime safety agency says three of the survivors rescued Thursday...
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