Number of boat arrivals tops 6,000 for year
Number of boat arrivals tops 6,000 for year
Updated
Immigration Department figures show more than 6,000 asylum seekers have arrived by boat this year.
A boat carrying 25 people was stopped near Christmas Island last night – the eighth to be intercepted in the past six days.
More than 4,000 people are in detention.
Darwin’s Wickham Point facility and the Christmas Island Centre both hold more than 1,000 asylum seekers.
The passengers from the latest boat are being taken to Christmas Island for health and security checks.
Topics:refugees, christmas-island-6798, australia, darwin-0800
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Immigration Department figures show more than 6,000 asylum seekers have arrived by boat this year.
A boat carrying 25 people was stopped near Christmas Island last night – the eighth to be intercepted in the past six days.
More than 4,000 people are in detention.
Darwin’s Wickham Point facility and the Christmas Island Centre both hold more than 1,000 asylum seekers.
The passengers from the latest boat are being taken to Christmas Island for health and security checks.
Topics:refugees, christmas-island-6798, australia, darwin-0800
First posted
Updated
Immigration Department figures show more than 6,000 asylum seekers have arrived by boat this year.
A boat carrying 25 people was stopped near Christmas Island last night – the eighth to be intercepted in the past six days.
More than 4,000 people are in detention.
Darwin’s Wickham Point facility and the Christmas Island Centre both hold more than 1,000 asylum seekers.
The passengers from the latest boat are being taken to Christmas Island for health and security checks.
Topics:refugees, christmas-island-6798, australia, darwin-0800
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