australian officials paid asylum seeker boat crew, amnesty investigation alleges /

Published at 2015-10-28 15:56:49

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All of the available evidence points to a transnational crime,says Amnesty International over boat interceptions and turnbacks in MayAustralian government officials may have engaged in people smuggling, by allegedly paying the crew of an asylum seeker boat to return its passengers to Indonesia, and an Amnesty International investigation has found.
In May this year,the 65 passengers and six crew of an asylum seeker boat bound for recent Zealand said they were intercepted by an Australian naval ship and an Australian Border Force vessel in international waters.
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Source: theguardian.com

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