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ENE of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. - Source: Wikipedia

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Australia defends plan to create island quarantine camp

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses media at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Morrison says his government will reopen a mothballed island detention camp in anticipation of a new wave of asylum seekers arriving by boat after Parliament passed legislation that would give sick asylum seekers easier access to mainland hospitals. (AP Photos/Rod McGuirk)

Australia to reopen island detention camp after refugee bill

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Boat carrying 150 capsizes off Australia; 4 killed

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A boat carrying asylum seekers is pictured 120 miles north of Australia's Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean hours before it capsized on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority)

4 dead, 130 rescued after refugee boat capsizes off Aussie isle

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

90 still missing after boat capsizes off Indonesia

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

27 asylum seekers die as boat sinks off Australia

By Kristen Gelineau and Tanalee Smith - Associated Press