Australia rebukes Indonesia over borders
Australia yesterday told Indonesia to better secure its borders in a stinging rebuke after Jakarta demanded answers to allegations Canberra paid to turn back a boat of asylum seekers. The response from...
View ArticleBoat captain tells of ordeal after Australian interception
The captain of a people-smuggling boat who says he was paid by Australian authorities to return the migrants to Indonesia has described a terrifying ordeal on the voyage back. The Indonesian captain,...
View ArticlePressure mounting over Australian people-smuggler payment reports
By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott declined to comment on Friday on reports the Australian navy paid a group of people-smugglers thousands of dollars to turn around...
View ArticleIndonesia seeks answers from Australian ambassador over claims navy paid...
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim Indonesia's Foreign Minister has asked Australia's ambassador to give an explanation on claims the Australian navy paid a boat crew to...
View ArticleIndonesia seeks answers from ambassador over people smuggler cash claims
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim Indonesia's Foreign Minister has asked Australia's ambassador to give an explanation on claims the Australian navy paid a boat crew to...
View ArticleIndonesia Concerned by Claim Australia Paid Migrant Boat
Associated Press JAKARTA— Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is "very concerned'' by claims that Australian officials paid the crew of a boat carrying 65 migrants, including children and a...
View ArticleAustralia and people-smuggler payment claims: what we know so far
An asylum-seeker vessel purportedly heading for New Zealand was intercepted by Australian officials who reportedly spoke to the captain. What happened after that has sparked many cautious responses...
View ArticleCaptain Of People-Smuggling Boat Says Australian Authorities Paid Him
ROTE NDAO, Indonesia (AP) — The captain of a people-smuggling boat who says he was paid by Australian authorities to return the migrants to Indonesia has described a terrifying ordeal on the voyage...
View ArticleIndonesia warns Australian payments to people smugglers would amount to...
Indonesia’s vice-president warned on Monday that paying people-smugglers would amount to “bribery” after Australia was accused of handing out money to turn back a boatload of asylum-seekers....
View ArticleAustralia tells Indonesia to fix its borders
Australia on Monday told Indonesia to better secure its borders in a stinging rebuke after Jakarta demanded answers to allegations Canberra paid to turn back a boat of asylum-seekers. The response from...
View ArticleAustralian Federal Police to visit Rote island amid asylum seeker boat claims
Exclusive Greens demand Dutton apologise over Hanson-Young being spied on Three Australian Federal Police officers will visit the Indonesian island of Rote where six crew members are being detained on...
View ArticleAustralian PM refuses to deny claims smugglers were paid off
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said his country would do "whatever we need to do" to combat people-smuggling as he repeatedly refused to deny claims an official paid thousands of dollars to...
View ArticleIndonesia summons Australian envoy over smuggler cash claims
Jakarta, June 14 (ANI): Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has reportedly asked the Australian Government to give an explanation on claims that its authorities paid people smugglers to return 65...
View ArticleLabor opts for silence as past people smuggling payment allegations surface
Labor has abandoned its interrogation of the Abbott government over whether cash payments were made to members of Indonesian people-smuggling rings by Australian officials, after it was revealed that...
View ArticleAustralia paid crew of asylum-seeker boat to turn back: police
The captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 asylum-seekers say Australian authorities paid them thousands of dollars to turn around and return to Indonesian waters, police said Wednesday. The migrants...
View ArticleIndonesia demands answers from Australia on asylum boat 'payment'
Indonesia's foreign minister Saturday demanded answers from Canberra over claims Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to turn a boat back to Indonesia after Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused...
View ArticleIndonesia to probe claims Australia paid boat to turn back
Jakarta vowed Thursday to investigate allegations Australian authorities paid thousands of dollars for a boat carrying 65 asylum seekers to return to Indonesia, as police said an Australian official...
View ArticlePhotos 'prove Australia bribed smugglers'
Photographs showing thousands of dollars which were allegedly handed over to people smugglers prove that Australian officials were bribing them, Indonesian police say. General Endang Sunjaya, police...
View Article'Paying people smugglers to return to Indonesia is akin to paying murderers...
Labor's immigration spokesman Richard Marles: "There are real questions for the government to answer and they've not answered them." Photo: Andrew Meares Paying people smugglers to turn a boat around...
View ArticleAustralia ignores Indonesia plea for answers on boat payment claim
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused again Sunday to deny allegations an official paid thousands of dollars to turn back a boatload of asylum-seekers, despite calls from Indonesia for answers....
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