2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
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2012-indian-ocean-migrant-boat-disaster-208-9455000
title:
2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
text:
The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. 109 people were rescued, 17 bodies were recovered, and approximately 70 people remain missing. The boat's passengers were all male and were mostly from Afghanistan. The boat was discovered by an Australian Customs and Border Protection Service surveillance pla
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2012 capsizing of a refugee boat heading to the Australian territory of Christmas Island
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Indian_Ocean_migrant_boat_disaster
date created:
2012-06-21T21:23:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T11:08:24Z
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