The search for missing bodies of the boat tragedy involving asylum seekers off the coast of Australia continues.<br /><br />However, the tragedy highlights the plight of those who go in search of new lives but end up in one of three detention centres on Australia's Christmas Islands.<br /><br />It is not the first time that a tragedy of this sort has happened, but this is one that gained prominence due to the availability of the terrible images of the tragedy that were broadcast throughout the world.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Christmas Island.
