Nine years on, a Sri Lankan Tamil family is still waiting to get asylum in Australia Nades Murugappan had applied for a permanent protection visa on the basis of his association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam. Feb 17, 2021 · 09:30 pm Murugappan family was removed from their home in the Queensland town of Biloela and put in detention in Melbourne more than 1,000 days ago. | Twitter/ @HometoBilo Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two children Kopika and Tharunicaa have been seeking protection visas in Australia since 2012. Nearly a decade later, they are still waiting. The family was removed from their home in the Queensland town of Biloela and put in detention in Melbourne more than 1,000 days ago. In August 2019, they were moved to Christmas Island while their case was proceeding slowly through the courts.