UN reprieve: asylum seeker faces separation from baby if she is deported from Australia

United Nations Human Rights Committee confirms it is investigating Huyen Tran and baby Isabella’s case

An asylum seeker facing imminent deportation from Australia, which would separate her from her 18-month-old baby, has been given a temporary reprieve, with the United Nations now investigating her case.

Huyen Tran sought asylum in Australia by boat with her brother in 2011, saying she faced religious persecution in Vietnam because she is Catholic, a religious minority there. Tran was placed in community detention in Australia, but an assessment determined she was not entitled to protection. In 2015, after her friends in community detention were deported, Tran grew fearful of the same fate and fled.

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