A flat-topped boat called the On-Time Ferry takes people and cars to a nearby small island,Chappaquiddick.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

Most people traveled to the area by boat.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Australian opposition politicians say the increase is the result of Mr.Rudd's decision to end the mandatory detention of boat people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"I was driving the boat, and a lot of people think that was a great thing and so forth,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

The boat,which departed Friday from a village near the Somali port of Bosasso, was carrying 44 people.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01