Since early this year, Thailand has systematically pushed away most refugee boats nearing its shores.

Like moths, they were headed toward the only lights showing: the floods from the refugee boats.

He and his family came to Australia in a refugee boat in 1980.

A number of weapons were also confiscated from the refugee boats.

Malaysia, Thailand and other countries of "first asylum" have pushed most new refugee boats back out to sea.

Two nights later, another refugee boat arrived, with about 100 Iraqis.

Now the Administration does still worse, intercepting refugee boats as they leave Haiti.

On 21 April Elliot encountered the first of several refugee boats.

In the absence of such an agreement, he said, some countries in the region will again push off refugee boats before they unload.

Authorities of the countries where they arrives often "pushed off" the refugee boats, refusing to allow them to land.