Original upload date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 17:20:10 GMT
A people-smuggling boat with 65 illegal migrants on board intercepted off eastern Indonesia was built for a long journey and could have reached New Zealand, according to Prime Minister John Key.
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if you listen to Labour, the threat of refugee boats making it to our shores is zero.
Fresh from his latest dip in the polls, the Prime Minister joined Paul Henry this morning.
"What we did when we got alerted to this boat was we triggered off a process run by officials, and every day we get updates on where the boat is and if it has refuelled."
Watch the full interview with John Key.