Saturday, September 12, 2009

Navy intercepts boat with 65 asylum seekers

Another boat carrying asylum seekers has been intercepted off the north-west Australian coast.

The boat, carrying 65 people and three crew, was located three nautical miles north-west of Ashmore Island at 7pm (local time) yesterday by navy boat HMAS Maitland.

It is the third boat intercepted in the past week.

A boat carrying 83 passengers and four crew was found 150 kilometres south of Ashmore Island on Friday night.

On Monday, a boat carrying seven people was intercepted.

All have been taken to Christmas Island.

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