No break in Aussie refugee standoff
Published: Nov. 5, 2009 at 3:50 PM MELBOURNE, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Australia's prime minister indicated he is in no rush to end the detention of Sri Lankan refugees aboard the ship Oceanic Viking despite Indonesia's impatience,... [read full story]
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Process them on the boat: Opposition
THE Federal Opposition has questioned why the 78 asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking haven't had their cases assessed on the ship. The Government has made a new offer to the group as a way of the ending the stalemate,...
Australia offers deal to end boatpeople standoff
CANBERRA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Australia offered quick resettlement to 78 asylum seekers on a customs ship anchored off Indonesia on Thursday in a bid to end a four-week standoff that has dented Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's...
Australia offers deal to end boatpeople standoff
Source: Reuters CANBERRA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Australia offered quick resettlement to 78 asylum seekers on a customs ship anchored off Indonesia on Thursday in a bid to end a four-week standoff that has dented Prime ...
New deal offered in Oceanic 78 standoff (AAP)
The Australian Government has made a new offer to the 78 Sri Lankans on board the Oceanic Viking, promising them resettlement in Australia within a month. However reports this morning suggest the asylum seekers, who have been...
Govt hopeful for end to asylum stand-off (AAP)
Sri Lanka's ambassador to the United Nations has condemned the 78 asylum seekers aboard the Ocean Viking as emotional blackmailers. "It is wrong for anybody to go to a strange land and then exert emotional pressure of this kind...
Govt hopeful for end to asylum stand-off
AAP The federal government says it remains hopeful that the impasse involving 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking will be ended soon. The government has made a new offer to the Sri Lankans on board the Australian...
Govt hopeful for end to asylum stand-off
AAP The federal government says it remains hopeful that the impasse involving 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking will be ended soon. The government has made a new offer to the Sri Lankans on board the Australian...
Australia makes new offer to boatpeople
THE Federal Government says it remains hopeful that the impasse involving 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking will be ended soon. The Government has made a new offer to the Sri Lankans on board the Australian Customs...
Tamils offered deal to leave boat
Australia has offered to resettle Sri Lankan refugees aboard the Oceanic Viking within six weeks in a bid to persuade them to go ashore to Indonesia. Asylum seekers already registered with the United Nations Refugee Agency...
Home by Christmas: Rudd lays out the welcome mat
TOM ALLARD IN TANJUNG PINANG November 11, 2009 COMMENT THE extremely generous deal being offered to the Sri Lankans on board the Oceanic Viking highlights just what a farcical political pantomime the 3½- week saga has become....
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