{"id":779,"date":"2020-12-10T06:11:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T06:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnewsworld.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2020-12-10T06:11:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T06:11:43","slug":"flood-of-gifts-sent-to-christmas-island-as-biloela-family-prepares-for-third-holiday-season-in-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnewsworld.com\/fi\/flood-of-gifts-sent-to-christmas-island-as-biloela-family-prepares-for-third-holiday-season-in-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood of gifts sent to Christmas Island as Biloela family prepares for third holiday season in detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sl.sbs.com.au\/public\/image\/file\/fa4cb177-916b-4fe1-b64e-2420358c7d77\/crop\/16x9_large\" alt=\"The family has been in detention since 2018. \" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Australians around the country have banded together to send gifts and cards to a Tamil asylum seeker family, whose youngest daughter has never spent Christmas outside of immigration detention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A flood of cards and gifts have been sent to remote Christmas Island, as Australians band together to brighten Christmas Day for an asylum-seeker family who are spending their third holiday period in detention.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Priya Murugappan, her husband Nades, and their two Australian-born daughters &#8211; Kopika, five, and Tharunicaa, three &#8211; are the only family detained on the Island, located about 150 kilometres off Indonesia\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">They live in a separate facility to hundreds of detainees who are awaiting deportation due to criminal convictions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Tamil couple arrived in Australia separately from Sri Lanka in 2012 and 2013 before settling to a new life in the small Queensland town of Biloela. They say they are unable to return to Sri Lanka due to the threat of persecution.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">They have now spent more than 1,000 days in immigration detention.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"embed embed--image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Friends of the family are encouraging people to send them messages of support ahead of Christmas. \" src=\"https:\/\/sl.sbs.com.au\/public\/image\/file\/5ad6a5d9-5ce5-4a45-b9ac-aa3df71be7f2\" alt=\"Friends of the family are encouraging people to send them messages of support ahead of Christmas. \" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\"><em>Friends of the family are encouraging people to send them messages of support ahead of Christmas.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tharunicaa, the youngest person in Australian immigration detention, has never experienced a Christmas outside in the community.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Their plight, which is currently before the courts, has galvanised friends and supporters from the small town, and around Australia, who are calling on Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to grant the Tamil family an exemption to remain in the country.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are just overwhelmed with the amount of people who have been contacting us, asking for the address, asking what they can send [to the family],\u201d said friend Angela Frederiks, who has\u00a0led the campaign to return the family to Biloela.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo I know there are lots of amazing words and messages on their way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"block__container\">\n<div class=\"preview__list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"preview preview--linear\">\n<div class=\"preview__wrap\">\n<div class=\"media-image media-image--1-1 preview__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sl.sbs.com.au\/public\/image\/file\/bcab00b0-c164-47aa-a366-b8f5c1126caf\/crop\/1x1\" alt=\"Tharunicaa and Kopika\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"preview__content\">\n<h4 class=\"headline preview__headline\">How two women from a conservative Queensland town made the deportation of a local Tamil family national news<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Due to the remote location of the island, which is closer to Indonesia than the Australian mainland, mail is only delivered twice a week.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The final delivery for Christmas dispatches on Friday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An Australia Post spokesperson said there were currently no delays for mail or parcels destined for Christmas Island, but\u00a0advocates are encouraging people to send their messages via express post to ensure the packages arrive before Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSomeone actually made them some \u2026 handmade dolls, so really thoughtful gifts. For little Kopika, who is desperately missing going to the shop, it satisfies some of that desire to see pretty things,\u201d Ms Frederiks said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block__container\">\n<div class=\"preview__list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"preview preview--linear\">\n<div class=\"preview__wrap\">\n<div class=\"preview__content\">\n<h4 class=\"headline preview__headline\">Four to a bed and escorted by guards: Biloela family describes tough year on Christmas Island<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLittle things like Santa photos that you see parents capturing with their children, these girls are not going to have those memories and I find that incredibly sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this year, SBS News reported that the family were not able to\u00a0leave the detention center without being escorted by guards, including when Kopika is taken to school on the island.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The children are also not permitted to visit friends or invite them over to their one-bedroom cabin, where the family shares a bed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI like going to school and I don\u2019t like [it] here. I want to go to Biloela. I want to go shopping and I want to go in my dad\u2019s car,\u201d Kopika said during an earlier interview with her mother.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block__container\">\n<div class=\"preview__list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"preview preview--linear\">\n<div class=\"preview__wrap\">\n<div class=\"preview__content\">\n<h4 class=\"headline preview__headline\">Biloela Tamil family to remain in Australia for now after partial Federal Court victory<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The family\u2019s future currently rests on the outcome of a Federal Court case, which is investigating whether Tharunicaa was denied procedural fairness in her asylum application. All other family members have exhausted their options before the courts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In April,\u00a0the court ruled that procedural fairness had not been given\u00a0when Immigration Minister David Coleman considered lifting the bar stopping Tharunicaa from applying for a visa &#8211; a decision that is currently being appealed by the government.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Department of Home Affairs spokesperson said the Australian Border Force regularly reviewed the suitability of the family\u2019s detention placement and found it to be adequate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe family has access to health and welfare services, including age-appropriate education for the children and recreational activities,\u201d they said, including picnics, sightseeing excursions, children\u2019s dance and yoga classes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs this family still has matters before the courts, it would be inappropriate to comment on the specifics of their legal circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>AmNews\/News Agencies.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians around the country have banded together to send gifts and cards to a Tamil asylum seeker family, whose youngest daughter has never spent Christmas outside of immigration detention. 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