Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he could not "in good conscience" intervene to stop a Tamil family being deported if it risked kick-starting the people-smuggling trade.
Priya and her husband Nadesalingam had been living with their daughters Kopika, 4, and Tharunicaa, 2, in Bileola until March last year when Priya's bridging visa expired. The family are currently on Christmas Island after being transferred from a Melbourne immigration centre.The family's last ditch effort to stay in Australia will be heard by the Federal Court in Melbourne on Wednesday, before an injunction blocking the government from deporting Tharunicaa expires that afternoon.
Scott Morrison told reporters he could not allow a Tamil asylum seeking family to remain in Australia."I do understand the real feeling about this and the desire for there to be an exception but I know what the consequences are of allowing those exceptions," he said. "But they didn’t come to the country in the appropriate way. They have not been found to have an asylum claim."
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton ruled out any intervention on Monday, saying the family's status had been assessed over many years.Following protests against the family's deportation on Sunday, Mr Dutton penned an opinion piece innewspaper, saying millions of taxpayer dollars had been spent assessing the family's case, which had proceeded all the way to the High Court.
His tin ear is working well.
You reckon ScoMo will pray for them?
Scott Morrison is not known for practical Christianity.
They scammed their way in and scammed a fake marriage now hiding behind fake children They owe us now for airfare and accommodation
can I adopt them ?
Our moron PM never makes hard decisions, has anyone else noticed that ? 'Hopes they apply for a visa', how inane is that, so offhand and insulting.
Are we proud of the artificial divisions we create? Are we pleased with the competition we encourage? What are the goals of our civilized society? nation religion finance ... divide & conquer?
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National action for Tamil family: Hundreds rally against deportationHundreds of people are rallying around Australia to protest the possible deportation of a Tamil asylum seeker family who have been taken to Christmas Island. yanzhuang25 For goodness sake these people came here illegally. They need to be sent back ASAP yanzhuang25 They now owe us for airfare and accommodation b4 they piss off have some dignity clearly the country doesn’t want you
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‘People overseas will be watching’ Tamil family case | Sky News AustraliaPeter Kurti from the Centre for Independent Studies says the government’s decision on sending a Tamil family to Christmas Island is “sending a signal” and “people overseas will be watching”.\n\nCrowds of people rallied around the country on Sunday urging the government to stop the impending deportation back to Sri Lanka of the family seeking asylum in Australia.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News, Mr Kurti said the Australian people want the government to enforce the country’s immigration program in this “heart-rending case”.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia pwkurti Good hopefully send the message don’t come. pwkurti there is no war on in Sri Lanka they arrived here illegally by boat, they have a good change however if they apply through the legal channels pwkurti
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