Original sentence: A memorandum of understanding between the Australian and Indonesian governments allows Indonesian fishermen access to their traditional fishing grounds withing the region, subject to limits.A number of things were done to discourage the practice such as attempting to have the people smugglers arrested in Indonesia; mandatory detention of all arrivals until their status could be determined; the so-called Pacific Solution of processing them in third countries; and finally excising these and many other small islands from the Australian migration zone.As Ashmore Reef is the closest point of Australian territory to Indonesia, it has been a popular target for people smugglers to take asylum seekers to Australia.As Australia was not the country of first asylum for these "boat people", Australia did not consider it had a responsibility to accept them.Cartier Island Marine Reserve includes the entire sand cay of Cartier Island, the reef surrounding it, the ocean for a 7.2km radius around the island, and 1000 m below the seafloor.Department of the Environment and Heritage—Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve.Geoscience Australia—Ashmore and Cartier Islands.It is also in a surface current west from the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea.It is of significant biodiversity value as it is in the flow of the Indonesian throughflow current from the Pacific Ocean through the Indonesian Archipelago to the Indian Ocean.It was proclaimed in 2000.The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Roti at.The territory includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island (70 km east), a total of five square kilometres of dry land.There are 14 distinct species of sea snake in the area, more than in any other area.There is also an unusually high level of species diversity of coral, molluscs, and fish.They were transported at great personal risk and expense in leaky fishing boats and dumped on the island, expecting to be rescued by Australia and granted refugee status there
Edited sentence: The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of Indonesia at.They include Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island, and total five km².[ Geoscience Australia—Ashmore and Cartier Islands