4 Men Smuggled to Australia Found on Remote Island

The Northern Land Council (NLC)—which represents the interests of Aboriginal people in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT)—has confirmed the discovery of four men, believed to be foreign nationals. The men were located on the remote Croker Island, around 250 kilometres northeast of Darwin. The men said they had paid someone to be taken to Australia. They suffered exhaustion and from the heat wave in the region. The Bureau of Meteorology reports temperatures on the Island had been above 35 degrees Celsius for the preceding five days. The NLC said the men had been assisted by Aboriginal rangers and the NT Police. It is believed they are no longer on Australian soil....