Refugees' boat runs aground off Australian coast

An Indonesian boat, carrying 130 asylum seekers has run aground on a reef off the coast of northern Australia.

An Indonesian boat, carrying 130 asylum seekers has run aground on a reef off the coast of northern Australia.

The boat was carrying five Indonesian crew, 126 Afghans and four Iranians. There were 19 women and 19 children among the refugees.

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