Australia deports 71 fishermen

Australia deports 71 fishermen

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Australia deported 71 Indonesian fishermen last week for unlawfully entering its territory.

Seventy of them were returned by their boats, while another was deported by airplane, Lambertus Labi Dorok, an official of the Provincial Office of Social Affairs said.

He said another 87 Indonesian fishermen were still stranded in Australia. Thirty of them will be deported soon, Antara reported.