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Feb
18

Boat blast: asylum seekers could be charged

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Three Afghan asylum seekers could face criminal charges over the explosion on a boat near Ashmore Reef last year that killed five people and injured more than 40 others.

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Feb
18

Sailors backed on asylum boat blast

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An Australian Defence Force board of inquiry has backed navy seamen who saved their colleagues before asylum seekers when a boat exploded near Ashmore Reef last year.

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Jan
29

Mates a priority: blast sailor says

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When asylum seekers’ boat exploded, sailor thought colleagues were under attack.

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Jan
29

Mates a priority: blast sailor says

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When asylum seekers’ boat exploded, sailor thought colleagues were under attack.

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The new Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry says Australia’s mandatory detention of asylum seekers is ‘an absolute disaster’.

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Nation’s finest challenges Rudd on detention policy

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Jan
25

Free asylum seekers, says McGorry

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New Australian of the Year wades straight into controversy, describing detention centres for asylum seekers as “factories for producing mental illness”.

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Jan
24

Two boatloads of asylum seekers intercepted

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Opposition says Federal Government policy is to blame for recent influx of asylum seekers, as two boats are intercepted off the WA coast.

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Jan
22

US redoubles Guantanamo plea

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The US has again asked Australia to take inmates from Guantanamo Bay – a request the Government will come under pressure to accept after Washington agreed to resettle 28 asylum seekers from the Oceanic Viking.

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US redoubles Guantanamo plea

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Jan
18

Finale nears for Oceanic Viking

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Last of the ship’s asylum seekers are due to leave Indonesia this week, most destined for New Zealand.

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Jan
17

Boatload of Hazaras missing

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105 asylum seekers who left Indonesia bound for Australia in October has not arrived.

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Boatload of Hazaras missing

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