Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty says authorities in Indonesia have stopped nearly 900 suspected asylum seekers from travelling to Australia since September last year.
Thirteen boatloads of asylum seekers have arrived in Australia in the past five months.
The Navy intercepted the latest boatload near Ashmore Island off the north-west coast of Australia on Sunday.
"Since September 2008, in Indonesia, there have been 40 identified disruptions comprising of 887 foreign nationals suspected of being in transit or have entered Indonesia for the purpose of travelling to Australia illegally," Commissioner Keelty said.
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