Indonesia Rescues 129 Afghan Refuguees from Leaking Ship

The Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency received a distress call Sunday night from the captain of a wooden ship bound for Australia.  The ship was taking on water and carrying 120 Afghan refugees.  The Afghans were picked up and taken by tanker to a port on the western side of Indonesia’s Java Island.  Refugees without legal documents are usually deported home while others may apply for asylum.

Indonesia rescues 120 Australia-bound Afghan migrants from a leaking wooden ship 

These refugees were far luckier than those on a ship ship last December which sank killing at least 200 asylum seekers, many from Afghanistan. See our previous post – More than 200 Missing as Asylum Seeker’s Ship Sinks Off Indonesia.

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Indonesia Rescues 129 Afghan Refuguees from Leaking Ship — 5 Comments

  1. Dear Rick Spilman,
    If you provide us some more photos or a video from the 120 refugees rescued by the Indonesian police, it would be great.

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  4. where r they now in indonesia or ausitalia who alive 120 people and where other they find there body?