The Lucky Country: Part 10 - A Laid-Back, Happy People Help Their Friends

The Sydney Morning Herald, 16.01.14 ‘Shots fired as boat turned back: police’

Australian navy personnel fired warning shots into the air as they turned around an unseaworthy asylum seeker vessel, Indonesian authorities said. The boat was within sight of Christmas Island a week ago when it was returned to Indonesian waters, the authorities said. Police from southern Java said 27 people were aboard and some had to be rescued from the water after the boat was turned around, the police said. Reports of the incident emerged as the Immigration Minister, Scott Morison, said the number of asylum seekers registering with the United Nations in Jakarta had fallen dramatically.

Part Ten/To be continued…