After years of legal battles, the Nadesalingam family have returned home to Biloela. Here's how they got to this point. Read the full story here: hometobilo biloela auspol queensland
, with more than 190,000 Australians signing a petition urging then-Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to return the family to Biloela.
The Murugappan couple Priya and Nadesalingam with their Australian-born children Kopika and Tharunicaa.Throughout the appeals, the department said they consistently found the family's case did not meet Australia's protection obligations.In May 2019, the High Court denied the family's final appeal to stay. Friends from Biloela travelled to Sydney to deliver the petition to then-federal Immigration Minister David Coleman.In August, the family was put on a plane to be deported.
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