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Unknown fate for Rithish’s family Source:-dandenong The Federal Government won’t comment on pleas for a grief-stricken asylum seeker family to stay in Australia. The local community has been swift to help the Tamil family who lost their four-year-old son Rithish Kirushnaneethan in a house fire in Leonard Street, Dandenong on 25 July. More than $100,000 had been raised on a Go Fund Me page for the family, who had left homeless and without any belongings. Grief counselling, clothes and basic supplies have also been provided. The family is still living under threat of deportation since arriving by boat from Sri Lanka in 2012. They had been detained on Christmas Island and in Adelaide, and remained on a bridging visa for nine years, according to the Go Fund Me page. In 2018, the family was last interviewed by Department of Home Affairs as part of their application for permanent protection. They ...

Aug 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged A Department of Home Affairs, Federal Government, Rithish Kirushnaneethan

Donations near $100K for grieving family By Cam Lucadou-Wells Source:-dandenong A rallying community has so far donated more than $97,000 to support a grief-stricken family who lost their four-year-old boy in a house fire in Dandenong. Rithish Kirushnaneethan died despite desperate attempts to rescue him from his bedroom as his family home in Leonard Street was engulfed in flames about 10pm on Sunday 25 July. Victorian Tamil Association as well as a separate Go Fund Me page have been set up to collect cash and donations for the shattered and homeless family. The asylum-seeker family lost all of their savings and belongings in the awful inferno. As of 10.30am on 27 July, the Go Fund Me page had collected more than $90,000 from nearly 1500 donors. All proceeds will go towards Rithish’s funeral expenses as well as accommodation, furniture, clothing, and food for the family. Tamil Community Association secretary Murugesu ...

Aug 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Donations, Rithish Kirushnaneethan, Wicki Wickiramasingham

Donations for shattered family-By Cam Lucadou-Wells Rithish Kirushnaneethan, 4, perished in a tragic house fire in Leonard Street, Dandenong on 25 July Community groups are rallying around a shattered family who lost their four-year-old son in a tragic house fire in Dandenong. Rithish Kirushnaneethan died despite desperate attempts to rescue him from his bedroom as his family home was engulfed in flames about 10pm on Sunday 25 July. Victorian Tamil Association as well as a separate Go Fund Me page have been set up to collect cash and donations for the grief-stricken and homeless family. The asylum-seeker family lost all of their savings and belongings in the awful inferno. ...

Jul 27, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Murugesu Paramanathan, Rithish Kirushnaneethan