By Sally Lee and Kate Lyons Asylum seekers brought to the Australian mainland will seek compensation after being detained at sea for three weeks. The 157 asylum seekers including 50 children, who were detained on a Customs ship, are now at the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia after being flown from Cocos Island on Sunday. In a directions hearing on Monday, Justice Kenneth Hayne allowed lawyers for the asylum seekers to adjust their statement of claim to one of false imprisonment, with an application for compensation. A High Court hearing to determine if the government had the power to intercept their boat and transport them somewhere other than Australia will now not be scheduled for next week.
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Lawyer Chris de Kretzer also says they are not 'economic migrants' and will seek asylum
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The High Court has allowed the asylum seekers to adjust their claim for false imprisonment
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The 157 asylum seekers, including 50 children, have arrived at Western Australia's Curtin Immigration Detention Centre.
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This is the first asylum seeker vessel to land in Australia in seven months
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Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said today they were 'economic migrants' who were not in danger of persecution in India
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He says two-thirds of the 157 passengers could be sent back to India
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The remaining would be sent to Nauru or Manus Island
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But a lawyer representing them said this was incorrect and they would be applying for asylum
A group of asylum seekers board an airplane at @placeholder where they were flown to Australia on Sunday