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UN Asks Australia To Release Tamil Family Fighting Deportation
The UN has asked the Australian government to release the Tamil family, fighting deportation to Sri Lanka, from offshore detention into a "community setting arrangement" to find another way to end their existing situation.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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"Let Them Stay": Australians Rally In Support Of Sri Lanka Family
Hundreds of Australians joined rallies Sunday urging the government not to deport a Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- whose case has become a new flashpoint over immigration policy.
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"Australia Moved Sri Lanka Toddlers To Remote Detention Centre": Lawyer
A Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday.
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"Let Them Stay": Temporary Relief For Sri Lanka Family In Australia
A dramatic late-night call from an Australian judge to a plane bound for Sri Lanka has temporarily spared a family of four -- including two Aussie-born toddlers -- from deportation and fuelled a political firestorm Down Under.
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UN Asks Australia To Release Tamil Family Fighting Deportation
The UN has asked the Australian government to release the Tamil family, fighting deportation to Sri Lanka, from offshore detention into a "community setting arrangement" to find another way to end their existing situation.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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"Let Them Stay": Australians Rally In Support Of Sri Lanka Family
Hundreds of Australians joined rallies Sunday urging the government not to deport a Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- whose case has become a new flashpoint over immigration policy.
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"Australia Moved Sri Lanka Toddlers To Remote Detention Centre": Lawyer
A Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday.
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"Let Them Stay": Temporary Relief For Sri Lanka Family In Australia
A dramatic late-night call from an Australian judge to a plane bound for Sri Lanka has temporarily spared a family of four -- including two Aussie-born toddlers -- from deportation and fuelled a political firestorm Down Under.
