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Muhammad Faisal is an Iraqi refugee who was detained on the island of Nauru between 2001 and 2006 under the Australian Government's "pacific solution". Faisal became the second last Iraqi refugee to leave Nauru after he was initially refused a protection visa on the basis of an adverse security assessment issued by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). ==Attempt to apply for asylum== Faisal was one of 227, mostly Iraqi, refugees who boarded an Indonesian vessel, the Aceng, in August 2001. After a nine-day journey,〔Archive of (Refugees left on Nauru ) website, 20 July 2006.〕 the Aceng approached the Ashmore Islands, an Australian territory where the refugees believed they could apply for asylum. The Aceng was intercepted by Royal Australian Navy vessels acting under Operation Relex, an Australian Government operation designed to prevent asylum seekers reaching the Australian migration zone by sea. After attempts to force the Aceng to leave the Ashmore Islands contiguous zone were abandoned, the passengers of the Aceng were transferred to the warship HMAS ''Manoora''.〔The Hon. Peter Reith, MP, (People traffickers intercepted ), Media release, Department of Defence, 8 September 2001.〕 ''Manoora'', which had a capacity for only 450 people,〔Amnesty International, (Offending human dignity - the "Pacific Solution" ), 15 August 2002.〕 was already carrying approximately 400 mostly Afghan asylum seekers transferred from the MV Tampa, the Norwegian cargo ship at the centre of the diplomatic crisis which triggered the Australian Government's policy of off-shore detention. ''Manoora'' sailed to a location in international waters off Darwin, where she was reprovisioned. The then Prime Minister, John Howard, told journalists: "At no stage did this latest vessel reach Australian territorial waters. As a result questions of application for asylum status do not arise."〔(Australia talks tough on migrants ), ''BBC News'', 9 September 2001.〕 Upon ''Manoora''’s arrival in Nauru, many of the Iraqi asylum seekers refused to leave the vessel. After 12 days, they were removed from ''Manoora'' by force.〔(Refufee standoff ends ), ''BBC News'', 4 October 2001.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muhammad Faisal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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