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Rudd has 'no choice' on asylum seekers

Sydney : Australia | 18 days ago  
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  • Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney
    Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at the Lowy Institute for ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Indonesia extended a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers
    Indonesia extended a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded ...
    Source: AFP
  • Australia's Prime Minister Rudd speaks to businessman Lowy as he is welcomed at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney
    Australia's Prime Minister Rudd speaks to businessman Lowy as he is ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Job seekers speak with recruiters during a health care job fair at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix
    Job seekers speak with recruiters during a health care job fair at the ...
    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
  • 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 ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Job seekers speak with recruiters during a job fair at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona
    Job seekers speak with recruiters during a job fair at the Phoenix ...
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ...
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  • 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
  • The "Ocean Lady"
    The "Ocean Lady"
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand in their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand in ...
    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
  • 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
  • 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, bathe on their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, bathe 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Children, part of the 260 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesia Navy, draw under a tent at Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Children, part of the 260 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by ...
    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
  • A wooden boat carrying 260 Srilankan asylum seekers detained by the Indonesian Navy in Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    A wooden boat carrying 260 Srilankan asylum seekers detained by the ...
    Source: Reuters
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at the Lowy Institute for ...
The Customs vessel which rescued the Sri Lankans from the Indian Ocean is still in Indonesian waters and the asylum seekers are refusing to go ashore...While Mr Rudd is adamant their claims for refugee status will not be processed in Australia, former Federal Labor minister Graham Richardson does...
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  • Blog Source: jonjayray.wordpress.com
    The political centre, it seems, may not hold with Rudd under aggressive assault from opposite positions on the Right and Left. There are two boats in Indonesia with Sri Lankan asylum-seekers refusing to disembark, the first intercepted ...
  • Blog Source: links.org.au
    Another 68 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, including children, remain on the Australian customs ship Oceanic Viking off Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia. Both groups are refusing to leave their boats for fear that Indonesia will lock them up in ...
  • Blog Source: socialistalliancensw.blogspot.com
    Another 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, including children, remain on the Australian customs ship Oceanic Viking off Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia. Both groups are refusing to leave their boats for fear that Indonesia will lock them up in detention
  • Blog Source: www.onlineopinion.com.au
    However Rudd's seemingly ineffectual handling of the Mexican standoff with Sri Lankan Tamils on board the Australian customs vessel Oceanic Viking (and the asylum seeker issue more broadly) is the only obvious evident change in the ...
  • Blog Source: www.pipingshrike.com
    Then we had the Coalition do an about-turn and say that Rudd's treatment of the asylum seekers was inhumane, until Abbott got too carried away in that direction and blamed the drowning of asylum seekers on Rudd's policies, ... Rudd is having problems
  • Blog Source: blogs.crikey.com.au
    But in none of the interviews was he able to explain what he intended to do about the Oceanic Viking stand-off, or about the increase in asylum-seeker arrivals by boat. Kevin Rudd seems to believe that if people just understand that the ...
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