Australia resettles asylum seeker survivors of boat explosion that killed 5

October 4th, 2009 3 dead, 3 seriously injured in NY boat accidentWANTAGH, N.Y. — Three people were killed and three others seriously injured after their 40-foot boat ran aground in marshland off New York's Long Island.

September 20th, 2009 54 asylum seekers rescued from boat off AustraliaADELAIDE, Australia — Australian border protection officials rescued 54 asylum seekers on Sunday from a boat stranded in northern waters, the home affairs minister said. It was the sixth boatload of asylum seekers that entered Australian waters in the last two weeks, an influx that has stoked political debate over the country's relaxed immigration policies.

September 12th, 2009 Sierra Leone police arrest 2 capsized survivorsFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Police say they have arrested two attendants who survived after an overloaded wooden boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing at least 30. At least 221 people, including many schoolchildren, are still missing.

September 9th, 2009 FREETOWN - At least 80 children were killed when the boat in which they were travelling capsised off the coast of Sierra Leone capital during a storm, media reports said. A total of 150 people, including children were on board the vessel at the time of the accident Wednesday.

August 13th, 2009 Boat with 77 people intercepted by AustraliaADELAIDE, Australia — A boat carrying 77 suspected asylum seekers was intercepted Thursday in the Indian Ocean, the latest in a string of such vessels caught in Australian waters this year. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said in a statement that the vessel was stopped at 2 a.m.

May 29th, 2009 Ship sinks off Indonesia's coast, at least 9 deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers searched for survivors Friday after a wooden boat packed with Afghan migrants sank off western Indonesia, killing at least nine people and leaving 11 others missing, the navy said. More than a dozen Afghans have been found alive in the Malacca Strait, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from land, said Al Muhfid, a navy second lieutenant.

May 29th, 2009 Ship sinks off Indonesia's coast, at least 7 deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers searched for survivors Friday after a wooden boat packed with Afghan migrants sank off western Indonesia, killing at least seven people and leaving more than a dozen others missing, the navy said. Fishermen rescued more than a dozen people from the choppy waters where the boat sank Thursday in the Malacca Strait, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from land, said Al Muhfid, a navy second lieutenant.

May 10th, 2009 11 hurt in pleasure boat explosion in FloridaTAMPA, Fla. — Six people were seriously injured Saturday in a pleasure boat explosion in Florida's Tampa Bay, authorities said.

May 10th, 2009 12 hurt in pleasure boat explosion in FloridaTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say 12 people have been injured in a pleasure boat explosion in Florida's Tampa Bay.

May 5th, 2009 Australia detains boatload of suspected refugeesSYDNEY — Australian border agents intercepted a boat carrying 50 suspected asylum seekers on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of suspected refugee hopefuls to reach the country's waters this year. Australia's Customs and Border Protection Service said the boat was intercepted 400 miles (640 kilometers) northwest of Broome in Western Australia state.

April 29th, 2009 Australia detains 2 boats of suspected refugeesSYDNEY — Australian border agents intercepted two boats carrying nearly 80 suspected asylum seekers Wednesday in waters off the northern coast, the government said. The discovery comes a day after four suspected refugees were found on a remote Australian territorial island and continues a trend that has seen at least one boat per week enter Australian waters in April.

April 29th, 2009 Australian authorities detain suspected refugeesSYDNEY — Australian authorities detained four suspected asylum-seekers on a remote island off Australia's northeast coast, the latest in a wave of suspected refugee hopefuls to reach the country's territorial waters this year. Border protection agents in a helicopter spotted the four men on Deliverance Island and transferred them to a detention facility on nearby Horn Island, Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus said in a statement Tuesday night.

April 23rd, 2009 Australia charges 2 with people smugglingPERTH — Australia has charged two Indonesian men with attempting to smuggle people into Australia in separate incidents earlier this month. The charges brought by the Australian Federal Police on Thursday allege that the men operated boats carrying asylum seekers into Australian waters.

April 22nd, 2009 Australian navy detains boat of suspected refugeesSYDNEY — Australia's navy intercepted another boatload of suspected asylum seekers off the country's northwestern coast on Saturday — the eighth boat to illegally enter Australian waters this year. The boat, carrying 54 passengers and two crew members, was intercepted 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Ashmore Island, Minister for Home Affairs Bob Debus said in a statement.

April 20th, 2009 Australia: 3 boat people drowned after blastSYDNEY — Three people killed last week in the explosion of a boat carrying asylum seekers in Australian waters died by drowning, a coroner said Monday. Greg Cavanagh, coroner for the Northern Territory, said he publicly released the autopsy results because of the great public interest in the deaths.