News live: Dfat ‘urgently seeking’ welfare updates for 11 Australians taken from Gaza aid flotilla

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• From 2h ago 00.35 BST Dfat ‘urgently seeking’ welfare updates of 11 detained Australians on Global Sumud Flotilla Caitlin Cassidy The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) says it is “urgently seeking” confirmation of the welfare of 11 Australian citizens it believes have been detained off the coast of Cyprus.
• A spokesperson said in a statement: double quotation mark We will continue to make clear our expectation that any detainees receive humane treatment in line with international norms.
• We understand people want to respond to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but we continue to urge Australians not to join others seeking to break the Israeli naval blockade as they will be putting themselves and others at risk of injury, death, arrest or deportation.
• The spokesperson said Dfat encouraged those wishing to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza “to do so through established channels”.
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