Posted on 03/10/2016 11:28:38 AM PST by traumer
Six Bangladeshi migrants caught entering Australian waters have been sent back to Indonesia on a fishing boat, according to an Indonesian official.
The decision has been criticised by the Indonesian foreign ministry, which is opposed to Australia's controversial policy of returning migrants.
It warns that such acts could be dangerous at sea.
The six men, along with two Indonesian crew, left from the eastern Indonesian city of Kupang last week bound for Australia.
After three days at sea they reached Australian waters, but had engine trouble and the boat began to sink.
They were picked up by the border patrol.
Local water police chief Teddy John Sahala Marbun said: "After several days of sailing, the Australian customs vessel then entered Indonesian waters and handed the men over to an Indonesian fishing boat."
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So the Australians saved their lives and incurred the expense of finding them a ride to hitch back? Sounds pretty nice to me - I don’t want to say which option I would have chosen.
Good. Now Europe needs to do the same.
It beats having them incinerated.
Are they somehow special?
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