{"id":67490,"date":"2021-06-24T11:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=67490"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:30:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:30:14","slug":"immigration-minister-issues-bridging-visas-to-sri-lankan-tamil-family-by-jade-macmillan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/immigration-minister-issues-bridging-visas-to-sri-lankan-tamil-family-by-jade-macmillan\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Minister issues bridging visas to Sri Lankan Tamil family-By  Jade Macmillan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000080;\">Immigration Minister issues bridging visas to Sri Lankan Tamil family-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">By Jade Macmillan<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67494 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nades-and-Priya-Murugappan-e1624530855191.jpg\" alt=\"Nades and Priya Murugappan\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Nades and Priya Murugappan with their Australian-born daughters\u00a0Kopika\u00a0and\u00a0Tharnicaa in Perth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-06-23\/murugappan-family-bridging-visas-tamil-immigration-minister\/100238792?utm_source=sfmc%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b&amp;utm_medium=email%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_newsmail_pm_sfmc%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b&amp;utm_term=%e2%80%8b&amp;utm_id=1665089%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b&amp;sfmc_id=282246232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A Sri Lankan Tamil family that has\u00a0spent years in offshore detention has been issued bridging visas that will allow them to work and study on the Australian mainland.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"vB11C _1tnlo _3fXyV _19G7j _2wBlx\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"key points\" data-component=\"KeyPoints\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100238918\">\n<h2 class=\"_1BrKg _1MOAE _3XvRm _3qPMD _1ehlr _2Od9e _582YK _2eB4R\" data-component=\"Heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Key points:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"_29Vqe\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"List\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Murugappan family has spent years fighting deportation to Sri Lanka<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The family had been in detention on Christmas Island<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Murugappans will remain in Perth for the duration of the bridging visas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Immigration Minister Alex Hawke\u00a0announced he had\u00a0issued the Murugappan family with three-month bridging visas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The decision comes after the Murugappan family was recently moved into community detention in Perth,\u00a0<a class=\"_2msBb vOtE5 _1wNLk _3i4V4\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-06-20\/biloela-asylum-seeker-family-released-from-hospital-in-perth\/100229276\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100229276\">where youngest child Tharnicaa has been receiving medical treatment<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This decision allows three members of the family to reside in the Perth community on bridging visas while the youngest child&#8217;s medical care, and the family&#8217;s legal matters, are ongoing,&#8221; he said in a statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;The fourth family member&#8217;s visa status is unchanged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;The family will continue to have access to health care, support services, housing and schooling in the Perth community.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Murugappans had settled in the Queensland town of Biloela but were removed in 2018 after a court found they were not owed protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Wednesday&#8217;s decision by the minister allows the two parents to work and study in Perth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Murugappan family has spent years fighting deportation to Sri Lanka, after they were found not to be owed protection in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67498 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Kopika-and-Tharnicaa-Murugappan-in-Perth.-e1624533901433.jpg\" alt=\"Kopika and Tharnicaa Murugappan in Perth.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kopika and Tharnicaa Murugappan in Perth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Supporters have been urging the federal government to allow the family to return to the Queensland town of Biloela, where they had been living before being placed in immigration detention in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Four-year-old Tharnicaa\u00a0was recently released from hospital after being medically evacuated from Christmas Island to Perth with a blood infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Family friend Angela Fredericks questioned why Tharnicaa had not been granted a bridging visa like the other members of her family,\u00a0saying it meant the family could not leave Perth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;While we welcome Priya, Nades, and Kopika being granted bridging visas, we wonder what precisely is the minister&#8217;s objective in denying little Tharni one,&#8221; she said in a statement released by Change.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This family must stay together, and they need to be back in Biloela as soon as humanly possible.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The visas do not guarantee the family will be allowed to stay in the country long term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally said she hoped the decision was the &#8220;next step&#8221; towards allowing the family to return permanently to Biloela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Australians will welcome the news today that the minister is personally intervening in the Biloela family&#8217;s case and using his ministerial discretion to grant bridging visas to Nades, Priya and Kopika,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s welcome that the family is not under those strict detention conditions. Nonetheless, they are not able to travel to Biloela, whilst the minister is maintaining that Tharni must stay in Perth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2FoxC _3fXyV _19G7j _2rgXu\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100239042\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100239042\">\n<div class=\"_3-6ik\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration Minister issues bridging visas to Sri Lankan Tamil family-By Jade Macmillan Nades and Priya Murugappan with their Australian-born daughters\u00a0Kopika\u00a0and\u00a0Tharnicaa in Perth.\u00a0 Source:ABC A Sri Lankan Tamil family that has\u00a0spent years in offshore detention has been issued bridging visas that will allow them to work and study on the Australian mainland. 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