Tamil family's deportation delayed

The Tamil family are being held on Christmas Island.

The Tamil family are being held on Christmas Island. Source: Twitter

A Tamil asylum seeker family has been transported to Christmas Island after being given a reprieve against deportation from Australia until Wednesday.


Yesterday a Melbourne court postponed their deportation until a hearing on Wednesday. The family was on a plane bound for Colombo when they received the news while in Darwin where the plane had stopped for refueling. 


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