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Article: Roundup: Asylum seekers' arrivals in Australia expected to surge in coming months
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- October 13, 2009
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Roundup: Asylum seekers' arrivals in Australia expected to surge
in coming months by Cao yang
CANBERRA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of illegal boat arrivals
to Australia has increased recently with high expectancy to surge in
the coming months. This disturbing problem for Australia has been
ongoing for a long period of time.
Monday night, the Australian navy intercepted another boatload of
suspected asylum seekers off Australia's north-west coastline, which
was carrying about 56 passengers including two young children and
two crew.
It is the 32nd boat to be picked up on its way to Australia this
year. And the number of illegal boat arrivals this year alone has
exceeded the total ...