Saturday, 04 February 2012  
Who is responsible for the deaths of 353 asylum-seekers?
Zahra (6), Fatima (7) and Eman (9) - the daughters of Sondos Ismail and Ahmed Alzalimi -  three of the 146 children who lost their lives when the vessel that has become known as SIEVX foundered in international waters en route to Christmas Island on 19 October 2001.
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Not the first asylum seeker boat to founder?

Re SIEV Mortality Rate ~ Letter from Minister McClelland to M Hutton, 18 November 2011
Extract from Senate Legal & Constitutional Legislation Committee Estimates ~ 17 October 2011
Drownings On The Public Record Of People Attempting To Enter Australia Irregularly By Boat 1998 - 2011~ Marg Hutton, 30 September 2011, sievx.com (html)
DEATH BY DROWNING OF PERSONS WHO ATTEMPTED TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT AUTHORISATION BY BOAT ~ March 2001 (Extract from DIMA Answers To Questions on Notice)
220 feared Drowned ~ Tony Wright, 12 April 2000 (Age)
More than 250 Boat People believed drowned ~ 13 April 2000 (DIMA MR)
Hopes Fade For Missing Boat People ~ Andrew Clennell, 13 April 2000 (SMH)
Hundreds Die Tied Up to Hulks ~ Brendan Nicholson, 23 July 2000 (Age)
Up to 163 Boatpeople Feared Drowned En Route to Australia ~ 13 December 2000 (DIMA MR)
Ruddock defends inaction on refugees lost at sea ~ Michael Vincent, 14 December 2000 (ABC)
Human rights groups condemn Australian government... ~ 14 December 2000 (ABC)
No search as 160 boat people lost at sea ~ Andrew Clennell, 14 December 2000 (SMH)
Pressure On 'uncaring nation' over boat search ~ Andrew Clennell, 16 December 200 (SMH)
Minister's Reports Of 500 Deaths Premature ~ Andrew Clennell, 18 December 2000 (SMH)
Possible Drownings Highlight Dangers of Illegal Travel ~ 22 December 2000 (DIMA MR)
Boats Feared Missing Accounted for in Christmas Influx ~ Philip Ruddock, 3 January 2001 (MR)
Refugees - Boat Sinkings ~ Answers to Questions on Notice, Amanda Vanstone (DIMA), 6 February 2001
Shipwrecked in Indonesia... ~ Lindsay Murdoch, 6 September 2001 (Age)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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