A western Victorian mayor hopes the same compassion shown by the federal government to a Biloela family will continue with a Ballarat refugee family.
Ballarat's mayor is urging the federal government to provide a much-loved family of asylum seekers greater certainty as they mark their eighth year stuck in "limbo".Neil Para and his family arrived in Ballarat from Sri Lanka in 2013 on a temporary bridging visaBallarat mayor Daniel Moloney says the council will continue to advocate for the Para family
Mr Para volunteers with the Victoria State Emergency Services Ballarat Unit and Mrs Neil volunteers at the council's visitor information centre. "It's another level of cruelty when you actually say to a refugee family, 'you can't work, you can't earn an income and are dependent on others'," Mr Moloney said.Daniel Moloney is calling for the federal government to provide the Para family with certainty.
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