INDONESIA: Illegal fishing in Australian waters
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The Australian coast guard maintains constant vigilance on its maritime boundaries to stop illegal fishing .. often by Indonesian fishermen straying into Australian waters. 16 Indonesians, who were plucked from the Timor sea, as they made their way to claim asylum in Australia will be repatriated. They were members of an ethnic minority group, known as Bajo laut, or sea gypsies who for decades have led a mobile life roaming regional waters in search of fresh fishing. And many Bajo Laut don't even know where Australian waters begin and end.
Presenter: Marianne Kearney
Speakers: Bajo villagers in south-east Sulawesi.
