Nationwide actions call for Tamil family to be returned to Biloela
Priya and Nades and their two young daughters Kopica and Tharnicaa were taken from their home in the Queensland town of Biloela in a dawn raid three years ago. After a period in a Melbourne detention centre they were sent to Christmas Island. In Perth, up to 300 people rallied outside the Children’s hospital on June 9 to show their support for Thanicaa Murugappan, who had been hospitalised 10 days prior. In Sydney, more than 200 people turned out for a candlelight vigil on June 10, called by Mothers for Refugees, Reclaim the News, RAC, Grandmothers Against Refugees and Home to Bilo. Labor S...