Australia denied yesterday it is using Indonesia as a dumping ground for unwanted boat people after Canberra sent 14 Turkish asylum seekers back to Jakarta.
The men, who arrived in Australia on a fishing boat from Indonesia, were questioned by immigration officials before being returned under navy escort over the weekend.
"What do they think Indonesia is -- a trash bin for these people?" Indonesian immigration spokesman Ade Dachlan reportedly told Australian Associated Press on Wednesday. He said Jakarta has launched an investigation to "see if what the Australian government did was wrong."
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