This file photo shows refugees, rescued from a ferry that was stranded in the Indian Ocean, on board of a Norwegian cargo ship, some 120 km off Christmas Island, in 2001. A boatload of asylum-seekers ... more 

This file photo shows refugees, rescued from a ferry that was stranded in the Indian Ocean, on board of a Norwegian cargo ship, some 120 km off Christmas Island, in 2001. A boatload of asylum-seekers picked up by a Singaporean merchant vessel after a distress call were on Thursday accused of acting like pirates after forcing the captain to take them to Australia less