Sky News confirms third asylum seeker boat stopped in a week

The Albanese government’s policy of deterrence against asylum seeker boats is under strain with three boats reaching Australian territory in the last week. This includes four individuals who arrived off the coast of Broome on Friday morning. It follows five Rwandans who arrived on Saibai Island which is in the Strait of Cape York in Australia’s northeast and 33 people who landed on Christmas Island. Sky News has independently confirmed the third boat carrying four Vietnamese unauthorised maritime arrivals arrived near Broome but was intercepted by the Australian Border Force just off the coast.