AN asylum seeker boat has been assisted off the coast of Indonesia after issuing a distress call while making its way to Australia.
A spokesman for the Indonesian search and rescue agency, BASARNAS, confirmed to AAP that a distress call was received from a vessel in the Sunda Strait earlier on Thursday.
The Australian naval vessel, HMAS Ballarat, responded to the distress call, and was escorting the asylum seeker boat to Christmas Island, the spokesman said.
It was unclear how many people were aboard the boat which reported having engine trouble.
The BASARNAS spokesman said, however, that an inspection by an Australian boarding party had subsequently revealed the boat's engine was in working order.
A spokesman for Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the minister would comment on the incident at his weekly Operation Sovereign Borders media briefing on Friday.
He refused to provide further details.
Both Customs Border Protection and Australian Maritime Safety Authority declined to comment.
The Abbott government has ended the previous government's practice of detailing asylum seeker boat arrivals as they happen.
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