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Checkpoint. 2001-09-11

Description:
Australia attracted international condemnation when it refused to allow the refugees ashore on Christmas Island, after a Norwegian freighter the Tampa picked them up off a sinking smuggler's vessel. In the stand-off that followed SAS troops boarded the Tampa, transferring the refugees to the troop carrier the Manoora. A breakthrough came when both New Zealand and Nauru agreed to accept some of ...
Display date:
2001
Location:
Nauru
Format:
Sound
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
RNZ Collection
Content partner:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Online
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