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| Subject: Statist oppression continues: OZschwitz Immigration officials screened Vietnamese asylum seekers aboard navy ship Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:10 pm | |
| Immigration Department officials evaluated and rejected the asylum claims of 46 Vietnamese aboard an Australia navy vessel before the entire group was handed back to the Communist government last week, Fairfax Media has learned.
The on-water processing represents a new development in the Abbott government's hardline approach to border control.
A large group of Sri Lankan Tamils who were kept at sea for a month on the Customs ship Ocean Protector last year had their claims heard over the phone.
The screening by department officials aboard HMAS Choules is believed to have happened over a number of days after a single boat carrying 46 Vietnamese was intercepted north of Australia.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/immigration-officials-screened-vietnamese-asylum-seekers-aboard-navy-ship-20150422-1mqo6i.html |
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