Hundreds of asylum seekers feared dead after ship sinks

Scores of people are feared dead after a wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers sank off Indonesia's main island of Java.

Hundreds of asylum seekers feared dead after ship sinks

Scores of people are feared dead after a wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers sank off Indonesia's main island of Java.

So far, only 33 people have been rescued, and fishing boats are searching for the more than 200 missing passengers.

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