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The immigration minister, Alex Hawke, is set to announce on Tuesday that the Murugappan family will be released from detention on Christmas Island and allowed to reunite on the Australian mainland.

Hawke will use his ministerial discretion to allow the family to return but the government is not expected to make any substantive changes to their visa status which is still being argued in the courts.

Related: Biloela fights for Tamil family: ‘We fell in love with them when they were here’

Related: ‘This has gone on too long’: more Coalition MPs call for Biloela family to be freed from detention

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