Indonesian police said today that Australia has returned dozens of illegal immigrants to a remote southern island after stopping their boats at sea, for at least the second time this year.
The police chief on Indonesia’s Rote island told AFP that the migrants were forced to board two boats last month after their boat was intercepted by an Australian boat. The principal, MedoDo, as a number of, has only one name, he said that receives a story from the vehicle.
After examining, we saw a cart … we had no names and if no standard, he said, adding that he was carrying on persons 22. Later that day, the police found the same boat carrying 22 other men who fled to another part of the island.
Mardiono said most of the men claimed to be Bangladeshis and included eight Rohingya from Myanmar. They were detained at the local police station.
He said they spent three days at sea before being captured by an Australian ship. They said they were held for 18 days before being put on two boats and told to go to Rote Island, he added.
Their statements cannot be independently verified. A spokesperson for the Australian Border Force (ABF) told AFP in a statement that it does not support or comment on operational matters.
In June, Indonesian immigration officials said in a statement that they had arrested 28 foreigners stranded on a beach in South Java, who said they had been detained after being rescued by Australian authorities. Under strong laws introduced more than ten years ago, Australia sent many more people seeking to build the city in the Papu New Island and a small country.
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Eight people are missing after a boat capsized in the Yangon River, Myanmar’s commercial capital, city fire officials said today.
The ship went down after an accident at around 8:10 a.m. Yangon local time, he said on his Facebook page. He did not say what happened or whether other boats were involved.
Local media reported that the boat crashed into another vessel. Firefighters said nine of the 17 people on board are still in search and rescue operations.
Boat accidents are common in Myanmar, a poor country with poor transportation and poor safety laws. Boats carrying people along seas and rivers are often dangerously overcrowded, and accidents can be catastrophic in terms of fatalities.
It may also take several days for the body to fully recover. In 2016, 73 people, including many teachers and students, drowned when their cargo boat capsized in central Myanmar along the Chindwin River.
