Friend of the Murugappans welcomes announcement by immigration minister but says family ‘are still essentially trapped in Perth in community detention’
The Murugappan family from Biloela will be allowed to stay in Australia for at least another three months after the immigration minister, Alex Hawke, told a court he intended to renew their bridging visas next week.
Hawke initially announced in late June he had granted three-month bridging visas to parents Nades and Priya and their daughter Kopika, so they could live in community detention in Perth while the youngest daughter, Tharnicaa, received medical treatment after being evacuated from Christmas Island.
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