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Riouw Archipelago
(redirected from Riau Islands)

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Riouw Archipelago: see Riau Archipelago Riau Archipelago , island group (1990 pop. 568,019), 2,280 sq mi (5,905 sq km), Indonesia, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, separated from Malaya by the Strait of Singapore.
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Search and rescue teams are continuing to look for survivors in waters frequented by ferries which are the main means of passenger transport between the Riau Islands and larger Indonesian islands such as Sumatra and Java.
Summary: An overloaded ferry has sunk in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands, killing four people, while nearly 300 passengers survived.
But the governor of Riau Islands province, where the migrants are expected to be housed in a detention centre while their refugee claims are processed, said they were Australia's problem.
 
 
 
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