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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sea-horror-as-asylum-boat-crashes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A wooden boat packed with asylum seekers smashed apart on rocks off Christmas Island (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-sea-horror-as-asylum-boat-crashes.jpg" alt="A wooden boat packed with asylum seekers smashed apart on rocks off Christmas Island (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>A small boat packed with asylum seekers has smashed aground on rocks in a storm off an Australian island, hurling passengers into the churning water where at least 27 died.</p>
<p>Locals on Christmas Island watched in horror from a cliff as the boat &#8211; carrying about 70 people &#8211; broke apart with a crack, dumping screaming men, women and children into monstrous waves that pounded them against the rocks.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was just horrible. People getting crushed. Bodies, dead children, the whole thing was pretty awful,&#8221; islander Simon Prince said.</p>
<p>Australian Customs said that 27 bodies had been recovered from the water. Forty-one survivors were pulled from the sea, and one person made it to shore.</p>
<p>&#8220;The rescue is being conducted in extremely difficult and dangerous conditions,&#8221; a spokesman said. &#8220;The search and rescue situation is ongoing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Women and children were among the dead, Western Australia state Premier Colin Barnett said.</p>
<p>Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan said the vessel was a people smuggler&#8217;s boat, but it was not clear where the passengers were from.</p>
<p>Christmas Island is a remote Australian territory closer to Indonesia than the Australian mainland and a frequent target of refugee hopefuls, who are housed in a detention centre there.</p>
<p>Australia is a prime destination for people from poor, often war-ravaged countries such as Afghanistan who want to start a new life.</p>
<p>&#8220;This incident is a tragic reminder of the danger faced by people fleeing persecution and human rights violations in their home countries, and the desperate measures they will resort to in search of safety,&#8221; said Richard Towle, the United Nations Refugee Agency&#8217;s regional representative.</p>
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