Tamil family's appeal to remain in Australia dismissed by federal court

Couple and their Australian-born children face deportation to Sri Lanka despite Biloela residents’ efforts

A federal court judge in Melbourne has dismissed an appeal from a family of Tamil asylum seekers to stay in Australia.

It concludes a nine-and-a-half-month campaign to stop their deportation to Sri Lanka led by the central Queensland town of Biloela, where the family had been living prior to their detention.

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