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Boat People Down Under

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Citing acts of genocide, a group bearing the West Melanesia flag sailed from Papua to seek asylum in Australia, their efforts attracting international attention.

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AFTER five days adrift at sea in a 25-meter gray outrigger, a group of Papuans finally landed at Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia, on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 18. Thirty men, six women and seven children stepped ashore from the traditional boat.

They were a group of boat people who intended to seek asylum in that neighboring country. During the journey, they unfurled a banner accusing the Indonesian government of carrying ou

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