Bigpond News, Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 07:06am
15 refugees among the 78 Tamils involved in the Oceanic Viking stand-off are bound for Australia again.
Fifteen Sri Lankan refugees have left Indonesia for Canada and Australia two months after they were rescued at sea by an Australian customs vessel.
The 15 are among 78 Tamils involved in the Oceanic Viking stand-off with the Australian government.
Indonesian officials say 13 are going to resettle in Canada and two in Australia.
Australia picked up the Tamils in international waters inside Indonesia's search and rescue zone in October and took them to the Indonesian island of Bintan.
But the Tamils refused to leave the Australian vessel and enter Bintan's detention centre sparking a four-week stand-off.
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