Just when we thought Peter Dutton had gone quiet, he has
launched another public verbal attack at the Tamil Family from
Biloela who are facing deportation to Sri Lanka, where Tamils are
routinely faced with persecution.
The family of four, Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two
Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharunicaais, is detained on
Christmas Island awaiting the outcome of a lengthy battle with the
Australian Government over their right to stay here.
Priya's need for medical treatment
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In recent days, Mother Priya had to be flown to Perth after
suffering severe abdominal pain.
Medevac laws were repealed in December last year. So now, when
refugees are sick in offshore detention, they are not necessarily
guaranteed a transfer to Australia for treatment.
