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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...
Tags: sri lankan, Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Indonesian Navy, Sri Lanka, oceans viking, Australian, Oceanic Viking, asylum seekers, climate change, Bintan
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...
Tags: asylum seekers, Australian, hunger strike, sri lankan, Indonesian Navy, Kevin Rudd, lankan asylum, prime minister, tamil asylum, minister kevin
Home > News > Financial incentives for rural doctors Financial incentives for rural doctors Media Statement - 14th October 2009 The people of Murray Bridge will feel the benefit of increased financial incentives to attract doctors and then keep them,...
Tags: Indonesian Navy, asylum seekers, financial incentives, Mr Rudd, rural doctors, Murray Bridge Bakery, prime minister
Mr Turnbull today renewed Opposition calls for an independent inquiry into the Government's border protection policies and has not ruled out a Coalition return to the Pacific Solution. A boat intercepted yesterday carrying 56 passengers became the 32nd...
Tags: Indonesian Navy, asylum seekers, Australia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, prime minister, Coalition, Kevin Rudd, president susilo, minister kevin, christmas island
Officers detained the immigrants onboard a cargo ship crossing the Sunda Strait early today, Navy spokesman first marshal Iskandar Sitompol said Sunday. As of Sunday afternoon, officers were still trying to persuade the illegal immigrants to stop at Merak...
Tags: Sunda Strait, Indonesian Navy, Australia
Border Protection intercepted the vessel, carrying 83 passengers and 4 crew at midnight, about 80 nautical miles south of Ashmore Island. Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O'Connor says the people on board the vessel are safe and have indicated they wish...
Tags: Australia, Indonesian Navy, afghans migrants, asylum seekers, miles south, Ashmore Island, Afghanistan, nautical miles
A small Indonesian military plane crashed on Borneo on Monday with nine passengers and crew aboard, killing four, a navy spokesman and the state news agency said. The plane was found in two pieces near a village in East Kalimantan, along with four bodies,...
He gave no further details but MetroTV private television said the plane was carrying nine people and was scheduled to fly to the East Kalimatan district of Tarakan. "It was not immediately known the cause of the accident.
Tags: Indonesian Navy, plane crashes, Borneo, East Kalimantan, navy spokesman, Iskandar Sitompul
In the western part of Indonesia, the navy was coordinating with the Malaysian and Thai navies to detect terrorist threats in its sea bordering the two countries, Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said in Jakarta on Saturday. "In the...
Tags: Indonesian Navy, Timor-Leste
The bilateral meeting, held in Putrajaya, Malaysia will run until Tuesday, Antara state news agency reported. Indonesia is represented by Director General of International Treaties at the Foreign Ministry, Arif Havas Oegroseno and officials from the Defense...
Tags: Indonesian Navy, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Golkar Party, PGN