Some distressed boat people make it to land, but not all may be safe
Media Release
11 July 2009
Some of the 74 Afghan asylum seekers feared lost at sea Indonesian waters fours days ago have made it to land. Fifteen of them are presently in the Indonesian police station...
Rudd’s anti-people smuggling crusade is threatening asylum seekers lives
11 July 2009
Media Release
In the aftermath of the rescue of a 74 asylum seekers’ boat yesterday, the refugee advocate who alerted Australian border protection authorities to the distressed boat has called on the Rudd...
Government policy is creating the conditions for more tragedies
Media Release April 20
Refugee groups today warned that government polices of arresting asylum seekers in Indonesia and jailing Indonesia crew of refugee boats is creating the conditions for another SIEV X tragedy.
“The fatalities and...
