Two-year-old Gurman Chechi has been in India for nearly 18 months without his parents but can’t get a travel exemption to be reunited with them in Hobart.
Priya Murugappan, a Tamil mother-of-two from the small Queensland town of Biloela, previously reported she was afraid for her safety after a Serco guard allegedly approached her accommodation and "leered" at her.
Priya Murugappan, a Tamil mother-of-two from the small Queensland town of Biloela, previously reported she was afraid for her safety after a Serco guard allegedly approached her accommodation and "leered" at her.
Commissioner Outram insisted the department had facilitated children to be with their families. As the commissioner said, there are a number of scenarios and if it s an Australian citizen child we have facilitated for them to return, Assistant Secretary for temporary visas and border measures Sandra Jeffery stated. If it s a temporary visa holder child and their parents are in Australia . their parents can go offshore. If the child resided in Australia before the restriction took place, we would take that into account for the child to return, I don t think we have any of those scenarios in play though, as we have facilitated that.
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