Refugee killed as boat capsizes in Indian Ocean

One body has been recovered after a crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean.

Refugee killed as boat capsizes in Indian Ocean

One body has been recovered after a crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean.

Merchant ships have rescued 125 survivors in an area midway between Christmas Island and the main Indonesian island of Java, and an air and sea search is ongoing for as many as 20 people who could still be missing, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.

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