article_snippet.sent: While their Communist government's border protection policy keeps operating figures secret from the public eye, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said in January that 15 asylum boats and 429 asylum seekers had been prevented from entering Australian waters since the launch of Operation Sovereign Borders policy.
article_snippet.sent: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said in January that 15 asylum boats and 429 asylum seekers had been prevented from entering Australian waters .
article_snippet.sent: In keeping with this, the Federal government made efforts last year to return 157 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers home country after the nationals set sail from a refugee camp in Southern India.
article_snippet.sent: the Federal government refused to accept Sri Lankan Tamil's after the Federal government had been detained for a month aboard the customs vessel Ocean Protector.
article_snippet.sent: Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers were eventually transferred to Nauru after spending a short amount of time in Australia.
highlights_snippet.sent: 15 asylum boats and 429 asylum seekers have been stopped since 2013 .
  