Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As a result of the rescue at sea of these people in the Indonesian search and rescue zone they were taken to Indonesia. We refused to take them to Australia. We took them to Indonesia and we told them if they disembarked they would be given proper treatment and assessed against the UNHCR guidelines. That has occurred and the processing will occur in accordance with those processes. (Time expired)