Refugees stranded off Australia may be moved to East Timor

The United Nations says its facilities in East Timor could easily cope with the 460 immigrants stranded on a cargo ship off Australia.

Fri, 31 Aug, 2001 - 07:01

The United Nations says its facilities in East Timor could easily cope with the 460 immigrants stranded on a cargo ship off Australia.

This raises hopes for an end to the diplomatic stalemate involving Indonesia, Australia and Norway.

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