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No 'impediment' to Tamil family visa: PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted the Nadesalingam family will be able to get permanent visas following their return to the Queensland town of Biloela.

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No ‘impediment’ to Tamil family visa: PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted the Nadesalingam family will be able to get permanent visas following their return to the Queensland town of Biloela.

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‘Love conquered all’: Biloela welcomes home Nadesalingam family after four years

Family ecstatic to be back in small Queensland town that fought so hard to free them, but they still seek permanent protection

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Biloela Tamil asylum seeker family make tearful return home after four-year struggle against deportation

Supporters wept, chanted and danced as the Nadesalingams got off the plane from Brisbane after four long and hard years away from home.

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Tamil asylum seeker family return to Biloela — as it happened

Priya, Nades and their daughters Kopica and Tharnicaa have returned to their adopted hometown. See how the day unfolded in our blog.

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Morning mail: Nadesalingams release gives hope, Britons sentenced to death, the ‘triple La Niña’

Friday: Biloela to welcome family of Tamil asylum seekers as others look for an end to indefinite detention. Plus: tips to revive your social life

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Four years on, the Biloela family is home

Following four years in immigration detention and a campaign that caught international attention, a family of Tamil asylum seekers are home in Biloela.

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Biloela family's status to be 'finalised'

The Muragappen family are waiting in Brisbane for their return flight to Biloela on Friday after a two-year ordeal with immigration authorities.

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The Nadesalingam Family Officially Touched Down In Qld Is Heading Back Home To Biloela

The family's now landed at Brissy Airport.

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Biloela Tamil asylum seeker family arrive in Brisbane after long-awaited trip back to Queensland

A decade-long immigration battle reaches a major milestone, with the Nadesalingam family arriving in Queensland as they travel to their adopted hometown of Biloela after four years in detention.

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Home to Bilo campaigners for Tamil asylum-seeking family await weekend reunion

The Home to Bilo campaigners have collectively held their breath for four years, but won't sigh with relief until the Nadesalingam family touches down on home soil at the end of the week.

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Biloela prepares to party as Murugappan family returns home

A thousand extra people are expected to attend the Queensland festival that will serve as family’s unofficial homecoming

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Biloela campaigner runs in Qld by-election

Home to Bilo campaigner Bronwyn Dendle will stand as the ALP's candidate in the by-election to replace Colin Boyce in the Queensland coalmining seat of Callide.

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End the political and legal fictions surrounding the Biloela family — otherwise the new government is as guilty as the last

Will Labor finally bring an end to this family’s suffering?

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Biloela threw its support behind the Murugappans. What can we do for similar families we know and love?

This family’s story should inspire us to look into our moral imagination to provide certainty for refugees and people seeking asylum

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Celebrations at last as Murugappan family to be back in Biloela for youngest daughter’s birthday

Labor’s decision to release the Murugappans means that four-year-old Tharnicaa will finally have a birthday outside immigration detention

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Biloela family finally begin trek home

Nadesalingam and Priya Murugappan and their Australian-born daughters, Kopika and Tharunicaa will be leaving Western Australia for Biloela in early June.

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New Australian government releases Sri Lankan family from immigration detention

Australia's new government said on Friday it would give temporary visas to a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family held in immigration detention since 2019, a step towards closure of one of the country's most controversial migration cases.

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Biloela 'proud' family coming home to Qld

The Queensland town of Biloela is relieved a family of Tamil asylum seekers will be allowed to come home after a four-year immigration ordeal.

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Biloela ‘proud’ family coming home to Qld

The Queensland town of Biloela is relieved a family of Tamil asylum seekers will be allowed to come home after a four-year immigration ordeal.

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Priya Murugappan Called For The New Govt To ‘Make A Change To The Lives’ Of Every Refugee

"All refugees are survivors. They need hope."

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Murugappan family to return to Biloela on bridging visas

Tamil family can return to Queensland town while their immigration status is resolved, Labor’s Jim Chalmers says

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Biloela family approved for return home

Home Affairs Minister Jim Chalmers has approved the exit from immigration detention of the Murugappan family, allowing them to return to Biloela in Queensland.

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Return of Biloela family imminent: PM

A statement is expected from the interim home affairs minister regarding the Biloela asylum seeker family’s bid to return to their home in regional Queensland.

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Jim Chalmers indicates ‘substantial progress’ on returning Murugappan family to Biloela

Interim home affairs minister to discuss arrangements with PM to grant family visa and permit their return to Queensland town

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