Abdurachman Suryanegara: Sri Lankans

Boat Dept: Another group of about 60 Sri Lankans in a boat, also apparently heading for Australia amid a surge in attempts to arrive before a tough deportation policy takes effect, were seeking food and drink from communities nearby on Mentawi island in western Indonesia, Police Capt. Abdurachman Suryanegara said, citing reports from residents in the area, according to Vancouver Sun. A boat with about 150 asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Pakistan sank off Indonesia's main island of Java on Wednesday, leaving at about 95 people missing and sIKAKAP, Indonesia - Indonesian fishermen on Friday rescued 43 starving, dehydrated Sri Lankans who had been adrift in a boat for nine days after their engine broke down while trying to reach Australia to seek asylum, police said. Australian officials have noted a big spike in asylum seekers trying to make the dangerous sea journey to the country ahead of an immigration policy that goes into effect in the coming weeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.