“There were 25 people onboard including six women. We understand that they were pushed out by the smugglers at around 1am… they’ve been almost 34 hours at sea.”
‘I can’t tell you how it feels to be searching for 140 people in the middle of the sea… it’s been a real mix of emotions over the last few days… I’m exhausted.’
"If these people had not been rescued there’s no way the rubber boats, the fishing boats, the over-crowded and wholly inappropriate boats they were put out to sea in could have made this journey. It's not acceptable at all."
