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Boat arrivals at five-year low: Morrison (7 News)

3 January 20140 comments

Australian authorities have intercepted the first asylum-seeker boat of the year but the government isn’t counting it yet.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s weekly statement, issued on Friday, says no illegal maritime arrivals were transferred to immigration authorities in the past week.

Read more: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/20590252/first-asylum-seeker-boat-of-2014/