Tamil Family to Stay in Housing on Christmas Island Until Case Resolved

Tamil Family to Stay in Housing on Christmas Island Until Case Resolved
Priya, her husband Nades, and their Australian-born children Kopika, 4, and Tharunicaa in an undated photo. AAP Image/hometobilo.com
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A Tamil family will remain in legal limbo on Christmas Island for the foreseeable future, with their deportation case now hinging on an upcoming court battle.

On Sept. 19, shortly before an order preventing their forcible removal to Sri Lanka expired, Federal Court judge Mordy Bromberg said that the family’s legal case needed to be decided at trial.

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