Twelve boat people rescued from their sinking ship off the northern WA coast last week were waiting to be taken ashore to the Christmas Island immigration detention centre last night.
Immigration officials met the group on a navy patrol boat about 4.45pm and spent several hours interviewing them.
The Government does not yet know the intentions of the group but 10 of them, believed to be from the Middle East, are suspected asylum seekers.
Two crew from the boat also have been taken to the island.
They were rescued from their stranded ship about 150km southeast of Ashmore Reef on Wednesday afternoon after being spotted by a Coastwatch plane.
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