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Asylum seekers may stay in Indonesian hotels

Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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  • Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand in their wooden boat on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
    Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand in their wooden boat on an ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Detained Sri Lankan asylum seeker stands in their wooden boat on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
    Detained Sri Lankan asylum seeker stands in their wooden boat on an ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit as they are detained on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit as they are detained on an Indonesian ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit in their wooden boat on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
    Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit in their wooden boat on an ...
    Source: Reuters
  • An Indonesian Navy official escorts the leader of Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour
    An Indonesian Navy official escorts the leader of Sri Lankan asylum ...
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit in their cargo ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit in their cargo ship in Cilegon harbour, ...
    Source: Reuters
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    Job seekers wait in a line at a job fair in San Francisco
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  • Job seeker Chris James waits at a job fair for the new W Hollywood hotel in Hollywood
    Job seeker Chris James waits at a job fair for the new W Hollywood ...
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  • Job seekers wait in line at a job fair for the new W Hollywood hotel in Hollywood
    Job seekers wait in line at a job fair for the new W Hollywood hotel ...
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  • North Korean asylum seekers living at the Danish embassy in Hanoi for three weeks could leave within days, a source said
    North Korean asylum seekers living at the Danish embassy in Hanoi for ...
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Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand in their wooden boat on an ...
Some of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained in Indonesia may end up in hotels because detention centres there are too full, an immigration official says. The ethnic Tamils are refusing to leave their wooden boat in Merak Harbour after being intercepted at sea at the weekend on their way to Australia....
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  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    Kevin Rudd has been described as heartless by Sri Lankan asylum seekers holed up on their boat in Indonesia, but the prime minister says he will not bow to emotional blackmail. As two of the asylum seekers were on Friday taken to hospital in critical...
  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month ago
    A spokesman for the group said four of the asylum seekers had now fainted. The asylum seekers were taken to the western Java city of Merak after they were caught, but have since refused to leave their wooden cargo boat. "That is the fourth person...
  • News Source: Epoch Times | about 1 month ago
    Albany boarded a tiny wooden boat near Ashmore Reef in the early hours of April 16, the vessel exploded, killing five people...Like many of those who seek asylum in Australia, these were desperate people. Dr Kim Huynh, a lecturer in political science...
  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will not be moved by any actions from a group of more than 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers. They are moored in a port in West Java, Indonesia, and are staging a hunger strike to highlight their...
  • News Source: Kyodo News | about 1 month ago
    A boatload of ethnic Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka intercepted en route to Australia over the weekend have gone on a hunger strike on their vessel, but Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday the country would not be pressured into...
  • News Source: Sify News | about 1 month ago
    Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday refused to be swayed by hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who launched a hunger strike after their wooden boat was stopped in Indonesia . Rudd said the 255 people, who are refusing to leave their...
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  • Blog Source: www.spot.lk
    ... personal plea to the indonesian president prevent boatload of sri lankan migrants reaching australia kevin rudd phone call over weekend asking authorities intervene boat which set off from indonesia had 260 suspected asylum seekers ...
  • Blog Source: thejakartaherald.com
    'Largest' asylum boatload intercepted · Australian PM calls Indonesian leader on refugees · Aust. central bank suggests more rate increases. More than 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers launched a hunger strike here on Thursday after they ...
  • Blog Source: jkrsothy.blogspot.com
    Mr Ruddock has also told The World Today he doubts Mr Rudd will be successful in getting Indonesia to detain and process asylum seekers. "I suspect that while Indonesia will offer cooperation, it won't be possible for them to detain all ...
  • Blog Source: www.digitaljournal.com
    Some 255 ethnic Tamil asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka on board a wooden boat bound for Australia were held in Indonesia. The refugees are appealing to foreign governments to help them as they feared going back to their war-torn country.
  • Blog Source: jdsrilanka.blogspot.com
    Asylum seekers declare hunger strike. Posted by JDS. The 255 Sri Lankans aboard a boat in western Java have unfurled a large banner declaring a hunger strike. The ethnic Tamils are refusing to leave their wooden boat in Merak Harbour after ... The
  • Blog Source: jkrsothy.blogspot.com
    Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had earlier this week asked Indonesia to intercept the boat carrying the asylum seekers, and the vessel is struck in an Indonesian island. "We are Sri Lankan refugees, please take us to your country, ...
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