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.