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Christmas Island boat disaster

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Christmas Island asylum seeker boat crash | December 15, 2010

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Asylum boat crashes off Christmas Island

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Amatuer footage of the Christmas Island crash

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Arrest over Christmas Island boat disaster

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Arrest over Christmas Island boat disaster

On 15 December 2010, a boat carrying around 90 asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq and Iran, sank off the coast of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, killing 48 people aboard; 42 survivors were rescued. The boat was later named SIEV-221.
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