1.   It was the third group to arrive on Australian shores undetected since Christmas, prompting Prime Minister John Howard to order a high-level inquiry into coastal surveillance systems.

2.   The descendant of immigrant Indian indentured workers to Fiji, the poet then left Fiji for Australian shores.

3.   The refugees were turned away from Australia recently in a tough government crackdown against people smugglers who each year transport thousands of refugees to Australian shores.

4.   The two ships are the largest ever to arrive on Australian shores packed with asylum seekers.

5.   Australia has warned Sri Lankans not to risk the hazardous journey as they will be turned back on reaching Australian shores.

6.   But the government has claimed credit for a drop in the number of boats reaching Australian shores.

7.   Many risk their lives, using unseaworthy boats provided by high-charging people smugglers to cross from islands in the Indonesian archipelago to Australian shores.