article_snippet.sent: The screening aboard HMAS Choules is believed to have happened over a number of days after a boat was intercepted north of Australia.
article_snippet.sent: They were returned to the port city of Vung Tau, south of Ho Chi Minh City.
article_snippet.sent: And Amnesty International said that claims of persecution by the Vietnamese cannot have been adequately assessed while still at sea.
article_snippet.sent: Amnesty’s Graeme McGregor said: ‘These reports are extremely concerning and represent a fundamental violation of refugee rights.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Basic screening procedures at sea cannot be relied upon to make such life and death decisions.
highlights_snippet.sent: Unsuccessful applicants are returned home without reaching dry land .
  