Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to the fact that the people on board the Oceanic Viking have indicated that they do not want to get off the boat. Can the minister inform the Senate whether Australian Customs officials on board the Oceanic Viking will be ordered to forcibly remove the illegal entrants if they refuse to disembark, or will they be assisted by Indonesian law enforcement authorities?