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Last month,Rohingya refugees were rescued as their boat capsized off West Aceh,Indonesia,on their way to Australia.Credit:Reza Saifullah

The Australian has reported the group,understood to be 15 people,were Chinese nationals that had arrived at the remote Mungalalu Truscott Airbase.

Two groups of more than 40 asylum seekers from Bangladesh and Pakistan were found north of Broome in February after they arrived in WA by boat.

They were flown to an offshore detention centre on the Pacific island of Nauru.

In November,12 people who landed a boat in another remote section of coastline in the Kimberley were taken to the government’s offshore detention centre in Nauru.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton used the arrival of the asylum seekers to accusePrime Minister Anthony Albanese of having lost control of the country’s borders.

The Australian Border Force has been contacted for confirmation of the latest boat arrival.

A spokesperson for Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said,as a long-standing practice,they do not confirm or comment on operational matters.

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