A Foundering Hope

A fishing boat filled with hundreds of immigrants sank in the Java Sea. They willingly crammed into the boat, there was nobody forcing them on board.

October 30, 2001

That morning Haydr Hadi, wrapped in a white blanket on bed number 5, was staring at the door leading out of the class III room in Ward B of the Christian University of Indonesia hospital, Jakarta. The 28-year-old man watched the busy traffic of people fly past the door. His gaze was friendly and a wide smile appeared on his face when TEMPO approached him and invited him to speak. He raised his hand gently in order to insist on a few cond

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