A Tamil family from Sri Lanka who has lived
and worked in the Queensland town of Biloela
has had all of their appeals and
applications to stay in Australia rejected.

Mr Peter Dutton insists that the family does not
qualify for refugee status.

Initially the parents came as individuals
separately by boat.

They met and married in Australia, and their children
were born here. They had been told all along that they
could not stay and their visas have expired and their
appeals have been rejected.

The town of Biloela has
gathered over 200,000 signatures and wants the
family to stay. The family has lived and worked in
Biloela for approximately a little over five years.

They have now been taken to the Christmas Island
Detention Centre.

Should Mr Dutton make an exception in their case?

This poor family is being driven through Hell daily. Either let them stay & make it crystal clear from today onwards that their case is the first & last of its kind. Or give them some help to set themselves up away from their presumed enemies with a new identity & religion. If Dutton loses his authority, tens of thousands will be at our doorstep in a matter of days.
Dutton is damned if he does & damned if he doesn't ! Australians need to back him up no matter what party loyalty they may have. This is a hugely serious case.
We simply can't afford any more sympathy because we're being taken for a ride.
I truly feel for them yet we can not afford to yield any more !
I suggest to those whose emotions are stronger than their sense of self preservation to support them financially wherever they can live.

Individual,

I agree with you on this one.

It's heart-breaking. However, I'm
hoping that Mr Dutton will make this one
exception - as he did with the nannies.
These people have already been here for
over five years and the rural town wants
and needs them to stay. If they're sent
back - their lives will be in danger.

Heart breaking and the costs
A single family sees Christmas Island reopened and in truth this could have been settled without this pain or costs

They should have been deported long ago and saved us a lot of money. They are not refugees, and they slipped by having children here, thinking that would help them. But, children born in Australia are NOT automatically Australian unless at least one parent is a citizen or a permanent resident. These parents, illegal immigrants, are neither.

The people making a fuss over this are lawless traitors, who should be locked up with these illegals.

Let's just think how much effort & money has gone into this dreadful saga. How many families could have been supported for years from just the money that's gone to the lawyers who dragged it all out for their own benefit !
Issues like this should be solved in less than a week ! A friend of mine paid her life's savings to Immigration & waited a year for a decision for a permanent Visa only to have it rejected & she had to return to literally nothing with no money. Some of these Immigration officers really need to be made to make instant decisions, not ruin many peoples' lives with indecision.
If they haven't got the sense & competence to make a decision within a month they should let people remain & if they are found to be a fraud then deport them within a month.
Just make a decision according to the Law ! Why should that take four years ? That's insane !
These officers should be charged for wasting huge sums of public money.