Published: September 03, 2019
Federal court in Melbourne extends injunction preventing the removal of the family from Christmas Island to Sri Lanka
Two Tamil asylum seekers and their Australian-born daughters will remain on Christmas Island until at least Friday afternoon after the federal court extended the injunction preventing the Australian government from deporting them back to Sri Lanka.
Priya, Nadesalingam and their two Australian-born children Kopika, 4, and Tharunicaa, 2, were sent to Christmas Island over the weekend after the court granted an injunction until 4pm on Wednesday preventing the government from deporting Tharunicaa until the application had been heard.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Lnyev2
via
0 Comments