The undocumented migrants were taken to the Karawang immigration office for questioning, report various international online media.Forty-one of the migrants were from Bangladesh, while 18 from Myanmar and three from Nepal. Two Indonesian crewmen were also arrested. [break]
Karawang district immigration officials said that the arrests were made following a tip-off by residents who saw the boat off the coast. It was discovered later on that the boat had suffered a leak, stranding it adrift.
The immigration officials said that after their data was registered, the 62 individuals would be taken to Bogor, also in West Java, where the immigration office has a detention facility.
Indonesia has increasingly been used as a stepping stone by asylum seekers aiming to enter Australia illegally.
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