Asylum seeker boat intercepted as Federal government asks for help Minister for Immigration Brendan O'Connor seeks support for offshore processing in other countries. THE Gillard government has revealed new countries in the Asia-Pacific region may be enlisted to help combat the flow of asylum seekers as the governments border protection policy was hit with another boat arrival today. Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor told a conference in Bali that the government was keen to engage other countries beyond the current deals with Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island processing centres, which are still being set up after the Gillard government's backflip on Nauru and Papua New Guinea last August. Piers Akerman: Roll on September and end of Gillard In his remarks, Mr O'Connor suggested this would involve processing centres. "Australia is working towards the goal of an integrated regional framework for the processing of asylum claims," Mr O'Connor told the conference. Australia has agreements with Nauru and Papua New Guinea which have resulted in regional processing centres in those countries. An Australian company is building double-storey dormitories in Brisbane to hold detained asylum-seekers on Nauru. Australia sees potential to engage other Bali Process members in the arrangements as they develop. Australia also has an agreement with New Zealand to resettle 150 refugees annually as part of a regional approach to irregular migration. A spokeswoman for Mr O'Connor said other countries may not necessarily be called upon to establish centres but rather to provide other forms of support as part of a regional framework. Earlier in the day, authorities in Australia said another boat had been intercepted near Christmas Island, taking the total number of confirmed asylum seeker arrivals over the past week to more than 1000. The vessel, carrying 65 passengers and two crew, was given assistance northeast of Christmas Island on Sunday night. Another boatload of asylum seekers has been stopped near Chrsitmas Island (not pictured).