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Government mulls lifeboats plan for intercepted asylum seekers (Wingham Chronicle)

7 January 20140 comments

Asylum seekers intercepted on unseaworthy boats could be sent back to Indonesia on large, engine-powered lifeboats, in an escalation of the Abbott government’s turn-back policy.

Read more: http://www.winghamchronicle.com.au/story/2009990/government-mulls-lifeboats-plan-for-intercepted-asylum-seekers/