Inexcusable cruelty by the Liberal National government. How can you use this family and young children as a political pawn, as a deterrent to 'stop the boats'? Free them NOW! We have lost patience Mr. Morrison, Mr. Hawke and Mrs. Andrews. Your hearts are made of steel.
And this video doesn't even show how this family was ripped out of their bed at home in the dark of the night and transported to a Melbourne detention centre where one of the girls developed bad teeth from inappropriate food. It doesn't show how they were separated while being transported to a plane to suddenly deport them back to Sri Lanka. Priya was separated from her husband and children in that process. Then incredibly, thanks to the hard work of lawyers advocating for refugees, they won a court injunction to stop their deportation. The plane was diverted in mid flight and took the family to Christmas Island, on the ground that the youngest child had not been granted a fair process to apply for Australian residency. I hope I understood that right. The cruelty this family has endured, and all of their supporters, is nothing short of psychological torture.
Inexcusable cruelty by the Liberal National government. How can you use this family and young children as a political pawn, as a deterrent to 'stop the boats'? Free them NOW! We have lost patience Mr. Morrison, Mr. Hawke and Mrs. Andrews. Your hearts are made of steel.
And this video doesn't even show how this family was ripped out of their bed at home in the dark of the night and transported to a Melbourne detention centre where one of the girls developed bad teeth from inappropriate food. It doesn't show how they were separated while being transported to a plane to suddenly deport them back to Sri Lanka. Priya was separated from her husband and children in that process. Then incredibly, thanks to the hard work of lawyers advocating for refugees, they won a court injunction to stop their deportation. The plane was diverted in mid flight and took the family to Christmas Island, on the ground that the youngest child had not been granted a fair process to apply for Australian residency. I hope I understood that right. The cruelty this family has endured, and all of their supporters, is nothing short of psychological torture.