CIDAUN: Rescuers searched the seas off Indonesia’s Java island for possibly dozens of asylum-seekers missing after their Australia-bound boat sank, leaving at least three dead, with 157 saved, an official said.
Local rescue officials estimated there could have been “up to 200” passengers on the boat which was bound for Australia, while a survivor said some 250 had boarded the vessel.
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