{"id":92369,"date":"2022-05-23T11:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=92369"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:25:53","slug":"new-labor-minister-confirms-sri-lankan-asylum-seeker-family-will-return-home-to-the-aussie-town-of-biloela-as-soon-as-possible-by-nick-gibbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/new-labor-minister-confirms-sri-lankan-asylum-seeker-family-will-return-home-to-the-aussie-town-of-biloela-as-soon-as-possible-by-nick-gibbs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Labor minister confirms Sri Lankan asylum seeker family WILL return home to the Aussie town of Biloela &#8216;as soon as possible&#8217;- By NICK GIBBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\"><strong>New Labor minister confirms Sri Lankan asylum seeker family WILL return home to the Aussie town of Biloela &#8216;as soon as possible&#8217;- By NICK GIBBS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10843789\/Treasurer-Jim-Chalmers-hopes-return-Biloela-family-Queensland-soon-possible.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dailymail.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Four years since Murugappan family was uprooted from Biloela by authorities<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Tamil family hopes to return to central Qld within weeks after Labor election win<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Youngest daughter Tharnicaa will celebrate her fifth birthday next month<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>New treasurer Jim Chalmers hopes the family can return as\u00a0&#8216;as soon as possible<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There is hope the Tamil family taken from their home in Biloela four years ago will return for daughter Tharnicaa&#8217;s fifth birthday in just under three weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Incoming federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants the family to return to the central\u00a0<a id=\"mol-4b4fef00-da3e-11ec-9370-e3c5a8cb2a62\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/queensland\/index.html\">Queensland<\/a>\u00a0town &#8216;as soon as possible&#8217; and is expecting to be briefed on the matter this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;As a Queenslander born and bred, sometimes we get unnecessarily caricatured about our approach to some of these sorts of issues,&#8217; Mr Chalmers told ABC Radio\u00a0<a id=\"mol-4b4e1a40-da3e-11ec-9370-e3c5a8cb2a62\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/brisbane\/index.html\">Brisbane<\/a>\u00a0on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;But Biloela is a big hearted, warm, welcoming town and the sooner we can get that beautiful family home to Bilo, the better.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tharnicaa was just nine months old when the Murugappan family was uprooted from Biloela by authorities in March 2018 and placed in a Melbourne detention centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92375\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/New-Labor-minister-confirms-Sri-Lankan-asylum-seeker-family-WILL-return-home-to-the-Aussie-town-of-Biloela-as-soon-as-possible-e1653304409750.jpg\" alt=\"New Labor minister confirms Sri Lankan asylum seeker family WILL return home to the Aussie town of Biloela 'as soon as possible'- By NICK GIBBS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Footage has emerged of Priya and Nadesalingam Murugappan celebrating Labor&#8217;s election win on Saturday night<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92372\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/New-Labor-minister-confirms-Sri-Lankan-asylum-seeker-family-WILL-return-home-to-the-Aussie-town-of-Biloela-as-soon-as-possible-2-e1653304469738.jpg\" alt=\"Footage has emerged of Priya and Nadesalingam Murugappan celebrating Labor's election win on Saturday night\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Murugappan family (pictured together) hope to return home to Biloela within weeks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2225102.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;She has had every birthday in detention, so it would be amazing for her fifth birthday to actually get to celebrate her freedom\u2026a huge thing for a little five year year old,&#8217; family friend and long-time Home to Bilo campaigner Angela Fredericks said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tharni&#8217;s birthday is on June 12 and Biloela will hold its annual Flourish Multicultural Festival the day before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;We would love Priya and Nades to open that,&#8217; Ms Fredericks said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Labor promised that the Murugappan family would be able to go home if they won the election, and Home to Bilo campaigners believe the issue changed votes in central Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;We were hearing from people who have voted LNP for 50 plus years, who changed their vote this election,&#8217; Ms Fredericks said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92371\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/New-Labor-minister-confirms-Sri-Lankan-asylum-seeker-family-WILL-return-home-to-the-Aussie-town-of-Biloela-as-soon-as-possible-3-e1653304620311.jpg\" alt=\"New Labor minister confirms Sri Lankan asylum seeker family WILL return home to the Aussie town of Biloela 'as soon as possible'\" width=\"600\" height=\"483\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Murugappans could return home within weeks. Pictured is Priya and her two daughters watching Labor&#8217;s election win<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92370\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/New-Labor-minister-confirms-Sri-Lankan-asylum-seeker-family-WILL-return-home-to-the-Aussie-town-of-Biloela-as-soon-as-possible-4-e1653304682672.jpg\" alt=\"New Labor minister confirms Sri Lankan asylum seeker family WILL return home to the Aussie town of Biloela 'as soon as possible'\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Tamil family have been in a high-profile battle to remain in Australia after spending years in detention<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Tamil family have been in a high-profile battle to remain in Australia after spending years in detention<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2435949.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She delivered the news of a Labor victory to Priya once sure of the result late on Saturday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;That immediate release of tears and then being able to actually breathe and know that this was it, it was just so beautiful to watch,&#8217; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Supporters are now waiting for a new Immigration Minister to be announced before discussing next steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"p-28\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The family, who escaped Sri Lanka by boat from a protracted ethnic conflict targeting the minority Tamils, were given temporary protection visas but uprooted from Biloela by authorities in March 2018 and placed in a Melbourne detention centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">They were then detained on Christmas Island in August 2019 and placed in community detention in Perth after youngest daughter Tharnicaa&#8217;s medical evacuation in June 2021 with a blood infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Priya, Nades and seven-year-old daughter Kopika have been granted bridging visas allowing them to remain in the country but Tharnicaa is yet to be given one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: 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