Family finally heading back to Bilo

Kopika and Tharnicaa, daughters of Priya and Nade Nadesalingam, the Tamil asylum seeker family also known as the Murugappans, at Perth airport Source: AAP / RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAPIMAGE

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Family finally heading back to Bilo

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