Soooooo

Any Boats yet?

 

 


Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.

j*oono
Community Member

How would we know, Crikey?

Joono

Hmmmm I don't know..... It's a secret!

Ditto, how would the public of Australia know that?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't mention the boats.

What, No pics?


Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.

We would have to ask the Indonesian press I suppose.

Joono

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Indonesia to raise Australian asylum seeker policy with United States

 

By Helen Brown in Jakarta, staff

 

16 Feb

 

Indonesia says it will raise the Abbott Government's asylum seeker policy with the United States during official talks next week.

Jakarta has stepped up its protest to the Coalition's boat turn-back policy, calling in the Australian ambassador in Jakarta for a meeting with a senior official.

 

Indonesia's foreign affairs minister Marty Natalegawa says a strong protest message was given to Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty over the use of lifeboats to send asylum seekers back.

Dr Natalegawa says Australia was already violating its international commitments, but the use of lifeboats to send people back is an escalation.

 

"What Australia has been doing is a bigger development than before," he said.

"In the past when they have turned back the boats, or pulled the refugee boats back to Indonesia, that alone is a violation against their international commitment under the Refugee Convention.

"But this time it has escalated."

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-14/australias-ambassador-in-jakarta-summoned-by-indonesian-govern...

 

its obvious there have been boats , and they have been forced back or the passengers put in orange lifeboats.  it is the off-season though when its always slower. the real question is how long the navy can keep it up, especially at the cessation of the monsoon season.