A youth stands near the wreckage of a boat that sank en route to Australia, killing over 30 migrants.
The latest disaster to strike refugees using Indonesia's southern coast to try to make the perilous crossing suggests that Australia's tough new immigration rules may not be enough to deter asylum seekers.
28 Sep 2013 . SUKABUMI, Indonesia. REUTERS/Beawiharta
An Indonesian policeman takes the fingerprints of Nadine Bakour, a Lebanese woman who lost her husband and two of her sons in the disaster.
Police have said the boat was headed for Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island, a frequent destination for refugee boats from Indonesia and a favoured route for people-smugglers. About 400 boats carrying asylum seekers have arrived in Australia over the past 12 months and the steady flow of refugees is a hot political issue.
28 Sep 2013 . SUKABUMI, Indonesia. REUTERS/Beawiharta
A villager stands beside bags containing the bodies of people who died when the boat sank.
Australia's newly elected conservative government has stopped providing regular information on asylum boats turned away and emergencies at sea. The new plans have been condemned by human rights groups, with Amnesty International accusing Australia of shirking its moral obligations to help the world's most vulnerable people.