Boat turnbacks may breach international law: UNHCR

By Natalie O'Brien
Updated January 12 2014 - 12:08am, first published January 11 2014 - 11:59pm

Australia could be breaching international laws by forcing boats carrying asylum seekers back to Indonesian waters, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees has warned, as it asks the federal government for an explanation of the practice.

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