The grounding of the Chinese coal carrier Sheng Neng on the Great Barrier Reef has provided the Australian authorities with the ideal offshore processing centre for "illegal immigrants", now that Christmas Island is approaching its full capacity. Providing an ideal floating (but stuck fast) platform far from the mainland, the Sheng Neng is the ideal hulk to take all those problematic people seeking to flee persecution, famine, war etc..... Which makes me think, was the grounding of the ship really an accident, or was it a deliberate act of the immigration department?? If another ship runs aground soon after the Christmas Island "no vacancy" sign pops up, I will have some serious doubts.
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