Survivors in shock after refugee boat tragedy

Forty-four survivors were recovering in an Indonesian refugee camp today after their boat sank off Java island, drowning several hundred people.

Survivors in shock after refugee boat tragedy

Forty-four survivors were recovering in an Indonesian refugee camp today after their boat sank off Java island, drowning several hundred people.

The vessel was said to have been carrying 421 people, said Kemala Ahwil, a spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Jakarta.

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