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Meeting fails to solve asylum seeker impasse

Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, part of the group of 260 who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout slogans on their boat in Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, part of the group of 260 who were ...
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  • The "Ocean Lady"
    The "Ocean Lady"
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  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker carries his child as they wait at a health clinic after being detained by the Indonesian Navy, at Cilegon harbour
    A Sri Lankan asylum seeker carries his child as they wait at a health ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand on their wooden boat at Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand on ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout slogan during a protest in a harbour at the Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka shout slogans on their boat at Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka shout slogans on their boat at Cilegon ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A man, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, takes a bath on a wooden boat in a harbour, in Indonesia's Banten province
    A man, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker holds a sign at the Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    A Sri Lankan asylum seeker holds a sign at the Cilegon harbour in ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on their wooden boat at Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A girl, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, holds a placard on a wooden boat in a harbour, in Indonesia's Banten province
    A girl, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout from their boat in Cilegon harbour
    Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, detained by the Indonesian Navy, holds a placard on a wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, detained by the Indonesian Navy, holds a ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brushes his teeth on a wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brushes ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brush their teeth on their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brush ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A boy, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shouts slogans during a protest in Banten province
    A boy, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout slogans from their boat in Cilegon harbour
    Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, jostle to get bottled water at Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, jostle to ...
    Source: Reuters
Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, part of the group of 260 who were ...
The stand-off is now in its third week despite an initial agreement made between the countries' two leaders that Indonesia process the group. The meeting, which continued for most of yesterday, failed to find a resolution to the impasse and ended with participants being unable to make any official...
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  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month ago
    A spokesman for the LNG Pioneer said the survivors were generally all in good health, although one man had recovered from a high temperature. He also understood the boat, and its 39 male passengers, had left Sri Lanka in early October. "So I'd think...
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    Authorities say there is no chance any of the remaining missing Sri Lankan asylum seekers survived after their boat sank in the Indian Ocean almost three days ago...Twelve people on board the boat died and nine of those have not been found...They...
  • News Source: The Daily Telegraph | about 1 month ago
    The 78 Tamil asylum-seekers are still refusing to leave the Australian customs ship moored off the Indonesian island of Bintan for the past 10 days...But an Indonesian deadline means the Oceanic Viking may be forced to leave on Friday, unless...
  • News Source: Channel NewsAsia | about 1 month ago
    Australia called off an air and sea search for survivors on Wednesday after a boat carrying unidentified Sri Lankans sank in remote seas far off its northwest, killing 12. Home Minister Brendan O'Connor said there was no hope of finding anyone else...
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    The stand-off is now in its third week despite an initial agreement made between the countries' two leaders that Indonesia process the group. The meeting, which continued for most of yesterday, failed to find a resolution to the impasse and ended...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is mounting another radio blitz today to defend his handling of the asylum seeker issue as well as the latest interest rate rise by the Reserve Bank. He said the decision to take the 27 survivors to Christmas Island...
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  • Blog Source: www.spot.lk
    australian authorities suspended an air sea search wednesday for nine people still missing mostly sri lankans from boat that sank last weekend with suspected asylum seekers aboard in remote part of the indian ocean home affairs minister brendan ...
  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    Planes and ships searching a remote patch of the Indian Ocean found no signs Tuesday of additional survivors from the sinking of a suspected asylum-seeker boat. Eleven people were believed missing, while 27 were rescued. ... The nationalities of the
  • Blog Source: www.spot.lk
    australian authorities have recovered two more bodies of the sri lankan asylum seekers who were reported missing after their boat sank off australia early monday morning as hopes for finding any survivors continued to fade one body was ... A Japanese
  • Blog Source: www.spot.lk
    desperate search was under way last night for at least 15 sri lankan asylum seekers missing in the indian ocean after their boat sank darkness as it headed towards australia aircraft ships were combing an area about 330 nautical miles ...
  • Blog Source: www.srilankaguardian.org
    (November 03, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) A dozen Sri Lankan asylum-seekers are feared dead after their vessel capsized in heavy seas as they sailed direct from Sri Lanka, apparently in an attempt to avoid the Rudd government's ...
  • Blog Source: www.spot.lk
    massive combined search rescue operation is still underway off australia this morning to locate at least 11 suspected sri lankan asylum seekers reported missing after their boat capsized early last another 27 others were rescued yesterday while one ..
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