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9 people are feared dead and 88 are rescued by Australian authorities after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island.
2013-07-12

Rescue efforts end after a boat capsized near Christmas Island, with more than 90 people still missing.
2012-06-24

A boat carrying up to 200 asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island, between Indonesia and Australia with 110 survivors rescued.
2012-06-21

Indonesia deports an alleged people smuggler to Australia to face charges in connection to the death of 48 asylum seekers at Christmas Island last year.
2011-05-12

The Government of Australia sends additional Australian Federal Police officers to Christmas Island following a series of riots at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre.
2011-03-18

Tear gas is used to control a riot by asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island off the coast of Australia.
2011-03-14

Up to 80 asylum seekers break out of the Australian detention centre on Christmas Island.
2011-03-12

Estimates of the death toll resulting from the boat disaster off Christmas Island rise as high as 48.
2010-12-20

The death toll from the Christmas Island wreck rises to 30 with many still missing.
2010-12-17

At least twenty-seven asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq and Iran, are feared dead after a boat carrying 70 people crashes into cliffs on the coast of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
2010-12-15