JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers on Monday found 15 other missing migrants after their wooden ship sank in the waters off Trenggalek district of East Java province on Saturday, bringing the total number of survivors rescued to 48, while more than 200 are still missing, an Indonesian official said.
The ship was carrying 250 asylum seekers, most of whom are from Middle East countries including Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a statement from the search and rescue office in East Java province.
Sutrisno, the head of the provincial Search and Rescue Office, said rescuers from Australia joined Indonesian volunteers and rescuers from the navy and marine police to search for the missing asylum seekers.
“Fifteen other survivors were found today, 13 of whom were on waters off Jember and the rest at waters off Malang (of the province). Their conditions are very weak. Now they are heading onshore. We will bring them soon to the nearby hospitals when they arrived on the coast,” he said by phone from the province.
The search on Monday involved two small planes, two helicopters, six ships and hundreds of rescuers from both Indonesia and Australia.
“Australia rescuers also joined today’s search and rescue. They came with two planes and one ship,” said Sutrisno.
The search and rescue might be temporarily suspended on Monday evening but will be resumed on Tuesday, he said.
According to the Search and Rescue Office, the rescue operation is going to last up to the seventh day of the accident as stipulated by the Indonesian law.
The ship sank at about 74 kilometers from TPI Prigi beach of Trenggalek district at about 9 am (local time) on Saturday, and the victims were first found by sailors at about 3 pm, said Brian Gautama, a rescuer at the Search and Rescue Office.
The rescuer quoted a survivor as saying that the ship was carrying a batch of immigrants heading to Christmas Island of Australia for a better life.
Indonesia has been a favorable transit point for illegal immigrants from the Middle East traveling to Australia. But fatal sea accidents take place frequently, as the immigrants often embark on the journey with inadequate safety equipment.
Indonesia has already set up cooperation with Australia to address the issue of illegal immigrants.
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