Dutton confirms Daintree 'asylum seekers' were on people smuggling boat

Home Affairs Minister confirms asylum seekers were on board the illegal fishing boat that ran aground at Cape Kimberley on Sunday.

Home Affairs Minister confirms Australia has had its first people smuggling boat as some of the arrivals in the Daintree have been found and arrested.

Home Affairs Minister confirms Australia has had its first people smuggling boat as some of the arrivals in the Daintree have been found and arrested. Source: SBS News

Home Affair Minister Peter Dutton has confirmed that Australia has received its first people smuggling vessel in over 1,400 days, warning there were 14,000 people in Indonesia waiting to come to Australia.

"The threat of people smugglers hasn't gone away," Mr Dutton told reporters in Queensland.

 

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