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TWO INDONESIANS INJURED IN EXPLOSION ON ASYLUM SEEKERS' BOAT
Brisbane, April 17 (ANTARA) - Two Indonesian citizens were among 31 people injured in an explosion on a wooden boat carrying asylum seekers in Australian waters Thursday morning.
The two are currently being treated at the Royal Darwin Hospital along with six other victims, ANTARA learned from the Indonesian consulate in Darwin.
According to the consulate, the two are known as Beni from Bone, South Sulawesi, and Tahir M from Muncar, Banyuwangi, East Java.
Of the 31 victims of serious burn eight including Beni and Tahir were sent to Royal Darwin Hospital, one to Broome Hospital and 22 to a hopsital in Perth.
Australia minister of immigration and citizenship Chris Evans said as quoted by AAP he could not as yet be able to determine the cause of the explosion that killed three people and left two other gone missing.
The boat was carrying 47 people asylum seekers and two crew while two personnel from the Australian armed forces escorting the boat were reported to have been hurt in the incident.
A day before Australian media reported the asylum seekers were allegedly from Afghanistan but they did not mention the citizenship of the crew.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade however has contacted the Indonesian embassy in Canberra about the incident.
The boat was caught by Australian warship HMAS Albany around two miles from Ashmore islands on Tuesday and the explosion occured while HMAS Albany was leading the boat towards Christmas Island in West Australia on Thursday morning.
The boat was the sixth carrying illegal migrants caught in the Australian waters. On April 8, a boat carrying 45 foreigners also arrived on Christmas Island.
In handling cases of human trafficking and illegal immigrants the Australian government cooperates with partner countries in the Asia Pacific through the Bali Process forum of 42 countries.
The miniterial-level forum was initiated by Australia and Indonesia to strengthen the committment of countries of origin, transit and destination countries to responding human trafficking and people smuggling.
In the past few years Australia has been disturbed by the arrival of boats carrying asylum seekers.
In 2008 the Australian security authorities arrested 162 asylum seekers on seven boats. The asylum seekers and crew of the boats were taken to Christmas Island for investigation.
Indonesia is also facing what foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda calls as "new phenomenon" following the arrival of around 400 Moslem Rohingyas in the country.
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The two are currently being treated at the Royal Darwin Hospital along with six other victims, ANTARA learned from the Indonesian consulate in Darwin.
According to the consulate, the two are known as Beni from Bone, South Sulawesi, and Tahir M from Muncar, Banyuwangi, East Java.
Of the 31 victims of serious burn eight including Beni and Tahir were sent to Royal Darwin Hospital, one to Broome Hospital and 22 to a hopsital in Perth.
Australia minister of immigration and citizenship Chris Evans said as quoted by AAP he could not as yet be able to determine the cause of the explosion that killed three people and left two other gone missing.
The boat was carrying 47 people asylum seekers and two crew while two personnel from the Australian armed forces escorting the boat were reported to have been hurt in the incident.
A day before Australian media reported the asylum seekers were allegedly from Afghanistan but they did not mention the citizenship of the crew.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade however has contacted the Indonesian embassy in Canberra about the incident.
The boat was caught by Australian warship HMAS Albany around two miles from Ashmore islands on Tuesday and the explosion occured while HMAS Albany was leading the boat towards Christmas Island in West Australia on Thursday morning.
The boat was the sixth carrying illegal migrants caught in the Australian waters. On April 8, a boat carrying 45 foreigners also arrived on Christmas Island.
In handling cases of human trafficking and illegal immigrants the Australian government cooperates with partner countries in the Asia Pacific through the Bali Process forum of 42 countries.
The miniterial-level forum was initiated by Australia and Indonesia to strengthen the committment of countries of origin, transit and destination countries to responding human trafficking and people smuggling.
In the past few years Australia has been disturbed by the arrival of boats carrying asylum seekers.
In 2008 the Australian security authorities arrested 162 asylum seekers on seven boats. The asylum seekers and crew of the boats were taken to Christmas Island for investigation.
Indonesia is also facing what foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda calls as "new phenomenon" following the arrival of around 400 Moslem Rohingyas in the country.
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