Australia has surrendered to the Tamil family, but will not allow them to go home | Refugee Stories

Murugappans moved to a “prison” in Perth – thousands of miles from home – where the youngest daughter has a serious illness.

Australia has said it will allow a family of four Tamil people to be released from a prison camp on Christmas Island, but instead of allowing them to return to Queensland they will be “imprisoned” in the western city of Perth, about 4,000 miles (2,485 km) away.

The Murugappans, whose two children were born in Australia, were sent to Christmas Island, The Australian outback in the Indian Ocean has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning Nades and Priya’s parents have been made more than once.

Their problem reappeared last week after a three-year-old boy was seated he was transferred to a hospital going to a Perth hospital for a serious illness that he thought was caused by pneumonia that was left untreated.

Immigration Minister Haw Hawke, who did not name the couple, said in the decision-making process, “they are undermining the government’s efforts to establish strong border security measures and appropriate compassion for children in prison.”

Angela Fredericks, a Murugappan colleague who is leading a repatriation campaign, said although the news of the reunion was valid, she should be allowed to return to Biloela.

“The arrests of people do not guarantee the family’s security and peace,” Fredericks said. “Nades wants to return to Biloela to help his small family. Priya wants to enroll Kopika at Biloela State School to continue his education, and we promised young Tharni a big birthday party when he got home. Australia knows his family has a family in Biloela.”

A family of four was suddenly evicted from their home early in the morning by immigration officials in March 2018, and transferred to a relocation center in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city. Their case has led to the world entering a world known for its crackdown on survivors and refugees, sending thousands of people trying to reach the ocean to the “ocean floor” I told them that they would not be allowed to stay in the country.

Nadesalingam and Priya, both Tamils ​​from Sri Lanka, arrived by boat in 2012 and 2013, and sought protection. They met and married in Australia, but were detained after the death of Priya’s visa.

“The government would not have fired the couple this week if Tharunicca had not been seriously ill,” Michelle Grattan of the University of Canberra wrote in the Discussion. “The way the government is showing compassion now, it feels sorry for others because of the obvious reasons why they are suffering.”

In a Twitter post, opposition leader Antony Albanese recalled visiting Biloela in 2019 and the community’s love for the couple, “It was clear to me that this family should be allowed to go to HomeToBilo. Let’s just finish.”

Queensland Prime Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk also expressed support for the family.

“It is a long way from Biloela where friends and neighbors have been campaigning for years for freedom,” he said. “Biloelah has a group of 6,000. Everyone knows each other and cares for each other. I look forward to the day when the family will be home at Bill’s. ”

In October 2019, the United Nations requested that Australia allow the couple to stay and gave the government 30 days to do so.

Last week, Foreign Minister Karen Andrews said the government was looking at “ways to relocate” the family, but in a third country not Australia.

Although born in Australia, Tharunicca and Kopika, they have no right to become Australian citizens by birth.

Attempts to evict the couple took place in August 2019 after their application was rejected, but a Federal Court judge issued a final injunction forcing their plane, en route to Sri Lanka, to land in Darwin. Their court is still going on.