Australia asylum crisis unfolds

File photo - Australian Navy boat comes alongside a boat carrying 50 asylum seekers after it arrived at Flying Fish Cove on Christmas Island.

File photo - Australian Navy boat comes alongside a boat carrying 50 asylum seekers after it arrived at Flying Fish Cove on Christmas Island.

Published Aug 15, 2012

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Asylum seekers heading for Australia could be held on detention ships before being deported to a Pacific island.

Mark Goudkamp, spokesman for Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, tells CNN it's a "sad day" for human rights in Australia.

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