SYDNEY: Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that there was “no rhyme or reason” as to why Indonesia had accepted two boatloads of asylum-seekers picked up by Australian vessels but refused others.

Thousands of asylum-seekers, many from Iran and Afghanistan, board rickety, wooden boats in Indonesia every year to try and make the perilous sea crossing to Australia.

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