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| Sichem Hawk steams into a fresh crisis - timeline | Sichem Hawk steams into a fresh crisis - timeline |
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| Monday 1 July | Monday 1 July |
| 8.37pm: Australian Maritime Safety Authority gets first request for assistance from asylum vessel in international waters between Java and Christmas Island. | 8.37pm: Australian Maritime Safety Authority gets first request for assistance from asylum vessel in international waters between Java and Christmas Island. |
| 10.31pm: Indonesia's search and rescue agency Basarnas accepts responsibility for co-ordinating response. | 10.31pm: Indonesia's search and rescue agency Basarnas accepts responsibility for co-ordinating response. |
| Tuesday 2 July | Tuesday 2 July |
| 7.17am: Maltese-flagged oil and chemical tanker Sichem Hawk, heading north en route to Singapore, gives assistance. Sichem Hawk plans to transfer the 34 asylum seekers and two crew to an Indonesian navy vessel in the Sunda Strait. | 7.17am: Maltese-flagged oil and chemical tanker Sichem Hawk, heading north en route to Singapore, gives assistance. Sichem Hawk plans to transfer the 34 asylum seekers and two crew to an Indonesian navy vessel in the Sunda Strait. |
| Wednesday 3 July (am) | Wednesday 3 July (am) |
| Sea conditions mean the Indonesian navy vessel can't leave port so the transfer can't happen. Asylum seekers are threatening self harm. The master of the Sicham Hawk requests to take asylum seekers to Christmas Island because he is concerned about their safety and the safety of his crew. AMSA agrees. | Sea conditions mean the Indonesian navy vessel can't leave port so the transfer can't happen. Asylum seekers are threatening self harm. The master of the Sicham Hawk requests to take asylum seekers to Christmas Island because he is concerned about their safety and the safety of his crew. AMSA agrees. |
| Thursday 4 July | Thursday 4 July |
| Asylum seekers arrive at Christmas Island and Sichem Hawk sails for Singapore. Monday 8 July | Asylum seekers arrive at Christmas Island and Sichem Hawk sails for Singapore. Monday 8 July |
| Immigration department says it cannot verify the country of origin of the asylum seekers because they are still undergoing "initial interviews". | Immigration department says it cannot verify the country of origin of the asylum seekers because they are still undergoing "initial interviews". |
| What the government says | What the government says |
| Decisions about safety at sea should be left to the ship's captain and "people in uniform", as happened in this case. What Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison say should have happened | Decisions about safety at sea should be left to the ship's captain and "people in uniform", as happened in this case. What Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison say should have happened |
| Opposition leader Tony Abbott said the Australian government should not be "blackmailed" by asylum seekers threatening acts of self harm, that Australia should not be "played for mugs" or "taken for a ride". | Opposition leader Tony Abbott said the Australian government should not be "blackmailed" by asylum seekers threatening acts of self harm, that Australia should not be "played for mugs" or "taken for a ride". |
| Opposition immigration spokesperson Scott Morrison says Australia should let vessels in the situation the Sichem Hawk found itself in know that an Australian navy or customs vessel would come to help them, possibly with the involvement of the SAS. | Opposition immigration spokesperson Scott Morrison says Australia should let vessels in the situation the Sichem Hawk found itself in know that an Australian navy or customs vessel would come to help them, possibly with the involvement of the SAS. |
| The SAS boarded the Norwegian vessel Tampa in 2001 as it tried to bring rescued asylum seekers back to Christmas Island. The SAS boarded the ship inside Australian territorial waters, after the Howard government had refused it permission to enter. | The SAS boarded the Norwegian vessel Tampa in 2001 as it tried to bring rescued asylum seekers back to Christmas Island. The SAS boarded the ship inside Australian territorial waters, after the Howard government had refused it permission to enter. |
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