Customs vessels intercept asylum seekers boats. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
FOURTEEN asylum seekers who allegedly hijacked a ship off the Sri Lankan coast in a bid to reach Australia have been found and sent home, the Department of Immigration says.
The group of Sri Lankan nationals was detected and intercepted northwest of the Cocos Islands by Australian authorities late on Thursday.
There were 15 people on board the vessel Chejan, which was involved in the allegedly hijacking incident on October 13.
Fourteen of them were returned to Sri Lanka from the Cocos Islands on a charter flight on this afternoon.
One of the Sri Lankans was not able to be sent home today, but the department indicated he will be deported in coming days.
The Sri Lankans held no visas and made no claims for protection or raised any issues that engaged Australia's international obligations.
The boat had been missing until it was interceptedlate on Thursday north-west of the Cocos Islands by ACV Hervey Bay.
Australia's territorial waters. Graphic: Matt Pike
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