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High hopes a Tamil family might be released from detention and reunited

The family has been in detention since 2018

The family has been in detention since 2018 Source: Supplied

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Members of a Tamil family held in immigration detention on Christmas Island could be reunited with the rest of the family in Perth within days.

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