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Members of the Australian navy look for survivors from a boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum seekers. At least 22 people have died, most of them children. (Image credit: AFP)

September 27th, 2013 - 03:59 GMT

Boat with Arab asylum seekers sinks off Indonesian coast; 22 people dead

At least 22 people, mostly children have died as a boat carrying asylum seekers from the Middle East has sunk off the Indonesian coast. The boat was on its way to Australia.