Event
2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
21 Jun 2012 · 8.50° S, 105.75° E
What the records say
- When
- 21 Jun 2012
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 8.50° S, 105.75° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster.
2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
2012 maritime disaster
The 2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred on 21 June 2012, when a boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. 109 people were rescued, 17 bodies were recovered, and approximately 70 people remain missing. The boat's passengers were all male and were mostly from Afghanistan.
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