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More than 30 Indian youths disappear in New Zealand
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by Criticom | July 15, 2008 at 04:07 pm
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More than 30 Indian youths have disappeared in New Zealand, where they were in transit to go to Sydney for World Youth Day.
All were billeted with church members in Auckland under a so-called Days in the Diocese programme before going to Australia, where Pope Benedict arrived Sunday for events associated with World Youth Day.
Freear said all the Indian pilgrims had been given 30-day visas when they arrived.
Their disappearance was "most extraordinary and most disappointing", she said.
She said the 32 who had disappeared from their billets did not have their passports with them and added, "We don't know whether this was planned or spontaneous."
She said that New Zealand immigration officials had been informed about their disappearance
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at 17:54 on July 15th, 2008
Criticom, I like this story. It's good stuff.
This is sensational news!
30 young people - all together! That is a good sized 'crowd' of people moving around together - or hiding together - think of the food supplies required.
What can they be thinking? ...that they can get lost in the crowds of the vast land of Australia? No, there are only 21 million people here. They cannot hide.
Poor things. ...and why from India? ...they aren't politically oppressed there, are they?
This will be a hugely significant story!