Vietnamese asylum seeker pleads to stay in Australia with baby daughter

Huyen Tran, who arrived on a boat while fleeing religious persecution, says she could be killed if deported

A Vietnamese asylum seeker faces an anxious wait to learn if a Melbourne judge will support her proposed deportation and separation from her baby daughter.

Huyen Tran, 29, arrived in Australia on a boat in 2011 after fleeing religious persecution in her home country. She has spent almost a year in detention and, in that time, gave birth to her daughter, Isabella, who is six-months-old.

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