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Tamil mother pleads with Scott Morrison to show her family mercy

The Tamil mother embroiled in a dramatic asylum case is pleading with the prime minister to show compassion and allow her family to stay in the country.

Tamil mother Priya is urging the prime minister to let her family stay in Australia.

Tamil mother Priya is urging the prime minister to let her family stay in Australia. Source: AAP

The Tamil mother at the centre of an asylum dispute has pleaded with Prime Minister Scott Morrison to allow her family of four to stay in Australia.

Speaking to SBS's Tamil program from Christmas Island, where the family have been recently taken, Priya said she is feeling the toll of the family's recent ordeal and her children are desperate to find out when they can return home to the small Queensland town where they had been living before entering immigration detention.

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