Asylum seeker tragedies predictable due to the Australian political landscape and migration walls - They did not have to drown
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 27/06/2012 - 5:05pm Gerry Georgatos
Basarnas, the Indonesian search and rescue agency has for more than a decade informed the Australian Government that it does not have the boats, nor the quality of vessels, or the resources to manage ocean rescue, and Basarnas has long asked Australia for provision of quality vessels and resources in order to assist in search and rescue and in order to monitor its ports for boats departing.