Calls for permanent visas for Biloela asylum seeker family as supporters prepare for homecoming – By John Baldock, Biwa Kwan Source: sbs.com.au The long-term future of the Murugappan family remains uncertain, after they were issued with temporary bridging visas to facilitate their return to the central Queensland town of Biloela next month. Refugee advocates and Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young have called on the new Anthony Albanese government to go further and approve permanent visas for the Murugappan family who have been allowed to return to Biloela next month. Nades, Priya and their daughters, Kopika and Tharunicaa are due to arrive in the Queensland town of Biloela by early June. Supporters of the Tamil asylum seeker family – who were detained in Australia’s immigration detention system for four years – are preparing for their return. Family friend Angela Fredericks said arrangements are being made for accommodation, furniture and school for the ...
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Biloela Tamil asylum seeker family set to return to town after election result – By Tobi Loftus Source:abc.net.au Supporters of a central Queensland Tamil asylum seeker family say they are hopeful the family are just weeks away from returning home. Labor promised during the campaign that if it won the election the Nadesalingam family would be allowed to return home to Biloela. Family friend Angela Fredericks said there was “so much relief” among the Home2Bilo campaigners after Labor’s election win. “I honestly don’t think I can find the words to explain it,” Ms Fredericks said. “There is so much excitement, so much relief and exuberance. It has all been worth it. “I think at the end of the day we have shown Australia that love, and humanity can win and community can win.” Just over four years ago the Nadesalingam family, also known as the Murugappan family, were removed from their home ...
New Labor minister confirms Sri Lankan asylum seeker family WILL return home to the Aussie town of Biloela ‘as soon as possible’- By NICK GIBBS Source:dailymail.co.uk Four years since Murugappan family was uprooted from Biloela by authorities Tamil family hopes to return to central Qld within weeks after Labor election win Youngest daughter Tharnicaa will celebrate her fifth birthday next month New treasurer Jim Chalmers hopes the family can return as ‘as soon as possible There is hope the Tamil family taken from their home in Biloela four years ago will return for daughter Tharnicaa’s fifth birthday in just under three weeks. Incoming federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants the family to return to the central Queensland town ‘as soon as possible’ and is expecting to be briefed on the matter this week. ‘As a Queenslander born and bred, sometimes we get unnecessarily caricatured about our approach to some of these sorts of issues,’ ...
