From Refugee to Permanent resident – Priya & Nades open up: Part 2

NADESALINGAM FAMILY BILOELA

Nades (bottom) and Priya (top) Nadesalingam are seen playing the "Limbo game" at the fifth birthday celebrations for their daughter Tharnicaa in Biloela, Queensland, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The family of Tamil asylum seekers have returned to their home in the central Queensland town of Biloela after more than four years in detention. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / DARREN ENGLAND/AAPIMAGE

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles announced last Friday that the Nadesalingam family had been granted permanent resident visas. Why was this family granted a visa whilst the outcome of nearly twenty thousand asylum seekers' applications is still unknown?


What is their story? Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil after talking with Priya and Nadesalingam. This is the second of the three part report.

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