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AT SEA - JUNE 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image is highest resolution available) In this handout photo provided by Australian Maritime Safety Authority, a boat carrying 150 suspected asylum seekers is spotted by crew onboard MV Bison, prior to the vessel sinking, at sea 107 nautical miles north of Christmas Island, on June 27, 2012. The Royal Australian Navy is sending HMAS Maitland and HMAS Leeuwin to assist two merchant vessels with the rescue effort, and an RAAF P3 Orion is expected to be on the scene shortly. Last Thursday a boat capsized off the coast of Christmas Island, with more than 90 people still missing, expected drowned. (Photo by MV Bison/Australian Maritime Safety Authority via Getty Images)

AT SEA - JUNE 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image is highest resolution available)  In this handout photo provided by Australian Maritime Safety Authority, a boat carrying 150 suspected asylum seekers is spotted by crew onboard MV Bison, prior to the vessel sinking, at sea 107 nautical miles north of Christmas Island, on June 27, 2012. The Royal Australian Navy is sending HMAS Maitland and HMAS Leeuwin to assist two merchant vessels with the rescue effort, and an RAAF P3 Orion is expected to be on the scene shortly. Last Thursday a boat capsized off the coast of Christmas Island, with more than 90 people still missing, expected drowned. (Photo by MV Bison/Australian Maritime Safety Authority via Getty Images)