Biloela Tamil family to remain on Christmas Island after federal court upholds ruling on daughter's visa

Court denounces government’s ‘Kafkaesque’ handling of visa application for youngest Australian-born daughter, who is being detained indefinitely with her family

The full bench of the federal court upheld a ruling that the government’s handling of the visa application of the youngest daughter of the Tamil family from Biloela denied her procedural fairness, calling it “Kafkaesque”.

The decision means the family will not be removed from Australia while the legal process remains ongoing but will remain in detention on Christmas Island without ministerial intervention.

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