Myanmar boat people 'trying to go to Australia'
- Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 20.44
- Online news: Asia
A boatload of Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking wooden craft off Sri Lanka's east coast after two months at sea had been trying to reach Australia, local police said Sunday.
Sri Lankan sailors assist rescued survivors at Oluvil fisheries harbour in eastern Sri Lanka earlier this month. A boatload of Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking wooden craft off Sri Lanka's east coast after two months at sea had been trying to reach Australia, local police said Sunday.
The boatpeople, plucked to safety by Sri Lanka's navy on Saturday, were taken Sunday to the southern port of Galle where they were rushed to hospital to be treated for dehydration and starvation, police said in a statement.
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