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| Australia Turns Back Another Boatload of Illegal Migrants |
| 2024-07-10 |
| "We're sorry. The Outback is full. Have you tried Afghanistan? I understand they have lots of room." [Breitbart] For the second time in as many weeks Australia has turned back a boatload of illegal migrants, forcing the intended asylum seekers to return to their port of departure in Indonesia. The group of 44 men has since landed on a remote Indonesian island after Australian authorities gave them speedboats equipped with supplies and told them to depart, Sky News reports. The outlet details that according to local authorities, the group of 36 Bangladeshi and eight Rohingya were intercepted while trying to reach Australia from West Java’s southern coast but were intercepted by the Australian Broder Force (ABF). They were detained at sea in their vessel for 18 days and not allowed to land before being provided with two modern speed boats, each equipped with just enough fuel, food and water for 22 people and a compass bearing to sail back to Indonesia’s southernmost island located some 286km from Australia’s Ashmore Reef. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 not well traveled don't grasp the size of the US. Yeah… Driving back to Brussels from Frankfurt after a last-minute visit’n’souvenirs trip with the trailing daughters (then ages six and four) before we packed up the house for the unexpected transfer back to America, I missed the exit (or maybe took the wrong exit, I no longer remember), and ended up driving through the Netherlands. The extra country added an entire twenty minutes to the trip — the sleeping tds never even noticed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-07-10 23:16 |
| #5 And it looks like continuing on to the Maine-New Brunswick border, one way, would just about match a round trip from the French frontier to Moscow. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-07-10 21:17 |
| #4 A Frenchman who sneaks off at dawn From his lover in Farges-Allichamps, By the time I'd reach Phoenix -- Please hand him a Kleenex -- Is clear out of France, le cochon. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-07-10 21:09 |
| #3 ^ Euros like to say Americans are not well traveled don't grasp the size of the US. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-10 18:20 |
| #2 Mexico to NYC, not for the weak Dramatic story of young Venezuelan migrant family's 5,000 mile trek to NYC |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-07-10 11:22 |
| #1 Check with your tour director for directions to Mexico. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-10 10:52 |