The Federal Court faces increasing pressure to make a ruling on the future of a Tamil family being held in detention on Christmas Island.
Priya, Nades and their Australian-born daughters remain in detention as the federal government resists calls not to deport the family to Sri Lanka.Federal Nationals MP Ken O'Dowd's electorate covers the Queensland town of Biloela, where the family was living before being taken into detention, and said the ongoing uncertainty"tears the community apart".
"The Australian taxpayer has paid millions of dollars for multiple court cases and tribunals and our highest court has ruled that under the refugee and humanitarian program, the Tamil family are not refugees." Priya, Nades and their Australian-born daughters remain in detention as the federal government resists calls not to deport the family to Sri Lanka.He has accused the family of dragging their children through the legal system even though a succession of courts has found the couple and their oldest child are not refugees.
Deport immediately
Not refugees. Send them home.
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