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At least four men have been arrested in the crocodile-infested Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland during a desperate search for a group of suspected asylum seekers.
It's believed there could be a few dozen people on the run while 11 were captured last night and transported to Cairns.
Two men have been arrested in the Daintree Forest, with more than two dozen still on the run. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)
The group is on the run in the croc infested Rainforest. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)
Cabinet Minister Steven Ciobo today called for those on the run to be rounded up and shipped to Nauru.
"Those people if we can find them, they should be taken into custody, so to speak, and they should be sent to Nauru," Mr Ciobo told Sky News.
"Or they should be sent somewhere offshore if we're able to do it under our international obligations."
Australia is legally obliged to process onshore the protection claims of people who arrive in the country.
(9news)
The boat arrival flies in the face of the coalition government's claims to have "stopped the boats".
Mr Ciobo, the incoming defence industry minister, said the incident showed there would always be people trying to sneak into Australia.
"I believe that if we can, if we capture these people, we should be sending them offshore for processing," he said.
"They should not be allowed to stay in Australia. We may not be able to do that under conventions, we'll have to have a look at it.
"I think as a government we absolutely should be trying to make sure that they're shipped off to somewhere like Nauru, for example, for processing.”
Defence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo has argued asylum seekers on the run in Queensland crocodile country should be taken into custody and sent to Nauru. (AAP)
Locals raised the alarm when they saw a large group of people fleeing the crippled vessel near the mouth of the Daintree River yesterday.
Those aboard were seen making a risky swim to a beach where some vanished into mangroves infested with saltwater crocodiles. Paramedics treated two people in custody for fever and chills.
The Department of Home Affairs has described the boat as an illegal fishing vessel, but so far have not confirmed reports those onboard were Vietnamese, and included women and children.
Police Minister Mark Ryan today said 15 people have now been detained on behalf of the Australian Border Force.
"They will be assessed by the Australian Border Force and dealt with in accordance with Australian law," he said.
Former Australian Border Force chief Roman Quaedvlieg used Twitter to say it wasn't unusual "for Vietnamese asylum seekers to target a remote part of the Australian coast".
"It's relatively easy to do; but most don't get far once landed due to the hostility and are soon detained or give themselves up quickly. Their asylum claims fail in the majority," he said.
Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu says the boat's passengers that are still on the run are at risk, with the area around the river and Cape Kimberley infested with crocodiles.
"We have thriving croc spotting operations all up and down the river," Mayor Leu told AAP.
"The unknown thing is did they actually end up going through the mangroves. Hopefully not, but we just don't know."
The vessel is believed to be the first asylum seeker boat to make it to Australia in four years, leading a federal government MP to call for the country's borders to be more secure.
In two statements online, Liberal MP George Christensen called for better border protection in his home state.
"Queensland borders need to be made more secure especially given proximity of PNG and Indonesia, considering the level of radical Islamism in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines," he tweeted.
While Opposition immigration and border protection spokesman Shayne Neumann pinned the arrival on the new prime minister.
"This boat arrival falls squarely at the feet of PM Scott Morrison," he tweeted.
"Unlike the chaos and division inside the government that has put the security of Australia's borders at risk, Labor is a united team."
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has suggested those on the boat may have headed for Australia as a result of last week's leadership crisis.
"Because the eye was off the ball last week, and the news would have happened that Malcolm Turnbull was no longer prime minister, that these people would have got on a boat to come across to Australia," she told the Seven.
She's written to new Prime Minister Scott Morrison, urging him to restore the government's focus on border security.
The government has not recorded a suspected illegal entry vessel on Australian shores since 2014.
"The last people smuggling venture under the OSB (Operation Sovereign Borders) construct, to reach Australia was in July 2014," ABF told Senate Estimates in April.
"Pauline, I hate to burst your bubble but I doubt these people who are now running through the rainforests of Queensland were glued to TV sets last week looking at our leadership problems," he said.
- AAP
© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2018
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/08/26/19/32/asylum-seekers-boat-far-north-queensland
It's believed there could be a few dozen people on the run while 11 were captured last night and transported to Cairns.
Two men have been arrested in the Daintree Forest, with more than two dozen still on the run. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)
The group is on the run in the croc infested Rainforest. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)
Cabinet Minister Steven Ciobo today called for those on the run to be rounded up and shipped to Nauru.
"Those people if we can find them, they should be taken into custody, so to speak, and they should be sent to Nauru," Mr Ciobo told Sky News.
"Or they should be sent somewhere offshore if we're able to do it under our international obligations."
Australia is legally obliged to process onshore the protection claims of people who arrive in the country.
(9news)
The boat arrival flies in the face of the coalition government's claims to have "stopped the boats".
Mr Ciobo, the incoming defence industry minister, said the incident showed there would always be people trying to sneak into Australia.
"I believe that if we can, if we capture these people, we should be sending them offshore for processing," he said.
"They should not be allowed to stay in Australia. We may not be able to do that under conventions, we'll have to have a look at it.
"I think as a government we absolutely should be trying to make sure that they're shipped off to somewhere like Nauru, for example, for processing.”
Defence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo has argued asylum seekers on the run in Queensland crocodile country should be taken into custody and sent to Nauru. (AAP)
Locals raised the alarm when they saw a large group of people fleeing the crippled vessel near the mouth of the Daintree River yesterday.
Those aboard were seen making a risky swim to a beach where some vanished into mangroves infested with saltwater crocodiles. Paramedics treated two people in custody for fever and chills.
The Department of Home Affairs has described the boat as an illegal fishing vessel, but so far have not confirmed reports those onboard were Vietnamese, and included women and children.
Police Minister Mark Ryan today said 15 people have now been detained on behalf of the Australian Border Force.
"They will be assessed by the Australian Border Force and dealt with in accordance with Australian law," he said.
Former Australian Border Force chief Roman Quaedvlieg used Twitter to say it wasn't unusual "for Vietnamese asylum seekers to target a remote part of the Australian coast".
"It's relatively easy to do; but most don't get far once landed due to the hostility and are soon detained or give themselves up quickly. Their asylum claims fail in the majority," he said.
Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu says the boat's passengers that are still on the run are at risk, with the area around the river and Cape Kimberley infested with crocodiles.
"We have thriving croc spotting operations all up and down the river," Mayor Leu told AAP.
"The unknown thing is did they actually end up going through the mangroves. Hopefully not, but we just don't know."
The vessel is believed to be the first asylum seeker boat to make it to Australia in four years, leading a federal government MP to call for the country's borders to be more secure.
In two statements online, Liberal MP George Christensen called for better border protection in his home state.
"Queensland borders need to be made more secure especially given proximity of PNG and Indonesia, considering the level of radical Islamism in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines," he tweeted.
While Opposition immigration and border protection spokesman Shayne Neumann pinned the arrival on the new prime minister.
"This boat arrival falls squarely at the feet of PM Scott Morrison," he tweeted.
"Unlike the chaos and division inside the government that has put the security of Australia's borders at risk, Labor is a united team."
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has suggested those on the boat may have headed for Australia as a result of last week's leadership crisis.
"Because the eye was off the ball last week, and the news would have happened that Malcolm Turnbull was no longer prime minister, that these people would have got on a boat to come across to Australia," she told the Seven.
She's written to new Prime Minister Scott Morrison, urging him to restore the government's focus on border security.
The government has not recorded a suspected illegal entry vessel on Australian shores since 2014.
"The last people smuggling venture under the OSB (Operation Sovereign Borders) construct, to reach Australia was in July 2014," ABF told Senate Estimates in April.
"Pauline, I hate to burst your bubble but I doubt these people who are now running through the rainforests of Queensland were glued to TV sets last week looking at our leadership problems," he said.
- AAP
© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2018
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/08/26/19/32/asylum-seekers-boat-far-north-queensland
