SUKABUMI, Indonesia: Indonesian police have arrested 18 migrants who were stranded in the waters off Java island after their boat ran out of fuel as they tried to reach Australia, an official said.

The group from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan had boarded the wooden boat from Pa-meungpeuk beach in West Java and were heading to Australia’s remote Christmas Island, district immigration chief Filian-to Akbar told reporters late Wednesday.

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