News Source: The Age
| 29 days ago
Sujatmiko, the Indonesian foreign ministry’s diplomatic security director, says the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers clearly cannot be persuaded to come ashore in Indonesia and his government should not extend the Oceanic Viking’s security clearance...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 29 days ago
Mr Rudd again hit the airwaves this morning to shore up public support for the Government's border protection policies in the wake of this week's bad Newspoll result for Labor...With the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers now spending their 19th day on...
News Source: The New York Times
| 29 days ago
Australia Deep in the jungle on this small island lost in the Indian Ocean, Australia’s new $370 million refugee detention center reaches its full power after its lights come on at dusk. Bracketed by rain forest , steep cliffs and the sea, it...
News Source: The Age
| 29 days ago
The Australian customs vessel has been anchored off the Indonesian island of Bintan for 11 days, and the Indonesian government says there is "a limit" to how long it can remain there. Indonesia," he told ABC Radio on Thursday. "That is how it's going...
News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| 29 days ago
Sri Lanka will continue for as long as the Sri Lankan government remains reluctant to deal with conflicts in its own backyard, one expert suggests. Former British immigration minister Des Browne was made the UK's special envoy to Sri Lanka in...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 29 days ago
The Federal Government says there will be an investigation into how a boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers sank in the Indian Ocean three days ago. Of the 39 people who were on board, 27 have been rescued and three have been confirmed dead, but...