Hundreds of supporters of the Biloela Tamil family have gathered outside Perth Children's Hospital, where the family's youngest daughter is being treated for a blood infection.
Hundreds of supporters of a Tamil asylum-seeker family from the small Queensland town of Biloela have gathered outside Perth Children's Hospital, where the family's youngest daughter is being treated for a blood infection.
Tharnicaa has been detained on Christmas Island with her sister Kopika, five, and parents, Priya and Nades Murugappan, since August 2019 after an urgent court injunction blocked their deportation to Sri Lanka. The Home to Bilo campaign, a group of friends and supporters who advocate for the family, said Tharnicaa's condition was improving on Thursday and she was feeling"better and brighter"."Hugs for Kopika and Tharnicaa": The two girls, aged five and three, are the only two children still in Australian immigration detention."Doctors are awaiting results from blood taken yesterday for tests, which will take two days to come back," the group said in a statement.
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