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In the span of less than a week, a second vessel overloaded with refugees has capsized and sunk in the waters northwest of Australia, 107 miles north of Christmas Island.
The Australian Maritime Safety Administration (AMSA) reports that a joint high seas rescue operation has saved the lives of 130 people, and recovered one deceased after their vessel sank.
Three are missing and believed to have gone down with the ship.
The rescue operation involved HMAS Maitland, HMAS Leeuwin, a RAAF AP-3C Orion, and two merchant vessels, the MV Tancred and MV Bison Express.
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