Biloela residents rise in darkness to mark three years since Tamil family taken into detention
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MarMarch 2021 at 8:43pm
The couple's Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharnicaa have spent three years of their childhood in detention.
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As dawn broke over the central Queensland town of Biloela today, more than 20 residents gathered by candlelight to mark three years since a Tamil asylum seeker couple and their two Australian-born children were taken into immigration detention.
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Priya, Nades and their daughters Kopika and Tharnicaa were removed from their Biloela home and taken into immigration detention three years ago