Asylum-seekers sit in a bus at Merak seaport in August after they were rescued from their sinking boat by the Australian navy and a commercial ship. Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen on ... more 

Asylum-seekers sit in a bus at Merak seaport in August after they were rescued from their sinking boat by the Australian navy and a commercial ship. Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen on Monday said he hoped to begin sending asylum-seekers who arrive by boat to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru later this week less