Case Law Database

Smuggling of migrants

Offences

• Enabling illegal entry

SIEV 200

Fact Summary

The case of SIEV 200 involves the arrival by boat of 62 smuggled migrants and two crew. The vessel was intercepted northwest of Christmas Island on 24 October 2010. There is no record of any prosecution of the crew or others involved in this venture.

Cross-Cutting Issues

Offending

Details

• occurred across one (or more) international borders (transnationally)

Involved Countries

Indonesia

Australia

Procedural Information

Legal System:
Common Law
 
Proceeding #1:

Migrants

Migrant:
62 persons
Nationality:
Afghan
/
Iranian
/
Iraqi


The 62 passengers on board SIEV 200 were transferred to Christmas Island and placed in immigration detention for further processing.

Defendants / Respondents in the first instance

anonymous:

At the time of writing, there was no record of any prosecution in relation to this case.

Two crew arrived on board SIEV 200. It is not known whether criminal charges were laid against either crew member.

Sources / Citations

This entry was copied from The Migrant Smuggling Case Database, launched by the University of Queensland Migrant Smuggling Working Group in August 2013.