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Tamil family to stay on Christmas Island after Federal Court upholds previous ruling over youngest child’s immigration status
A Tamil family seeking asylum in Australia will remain on Christmas Island for now, after the full Federal Court upheld a previous ruling relating to the immigration status of their youngest child.
Key points:
- Tamil-born parents Priya and Nades and their Australian-born daughters were living in Biloela
- Immigration officials took them into custody in 2018 and they remain in detention on Christmas Island
- The family’s lawyer says the latest ruling “justifies the release of the family from detention”
Lawyers for the family are now calling on the Federal Government to immediately release the family from detention.
Priya, Nades and their Australian-born daughters Kopika, 5, and Tharunicaa, 3, had been living in Biloela in central Queensland, but in…
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