4 Men Smuggled to Australia Found on Remote Island

The Northern Land Council (NLC)—which represents the interests of Aboriginal people in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT)—has confirmed the discovery of four men, believed to be foreign nationals.
The men were located on the remote Croker Island, around 250 kilometres northeast of Darwin.
The men said they had paid someone to be taken to Australia.
They suffered exhaustion and from the heat wave in the region. The Bureau of Meteorology reports temperatures on the Island had been above 35 degrees Celsius for the preceding five days.
The NLC said the men had been assisted by Aboriginal rangers and the NT Police. It is believed they are no longer on Australian soil.
Rangers had reported seeing a vessel on Croker Island’s north-western side on Nov. 10 morning and the remains of two sharks with fins and tails removed on a beach on the east coast of Cape Croker.
The NLC have recently reported a sharp increase in the number of foreign boats “breaching Aboriginal land and waters along the West Arnhem Land coastline,” which they say pose a threat to indigenous fauna.
The discovery of men alarmed the Territory’s MP for Arafura, Manuel Brown, whose electorate covers Croker Island.
“The discovery of asylum seekers on the West Arnhem coast is a real concern,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
“No people smuggling ventures have been successful under our government,” he said.
“People who come to Australia by boat have zero chance of success.”