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As a young child is evacuated from detention, could this see the Biloela Tamil family go free?

  • Written by Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
As a young child is evacuated from detention, could this see the Biloela Tamil family go free?A boy holds a poster in support of the Biloela Tamil family at a 2019 rally. Joel Carrett/AAP

On Monday, the image of a small girl in a hospital bed, crying as her big sister gives her a kiss flooded social media feeds.

The girls are Tharunicaa and Kopika Murugappan, the only two children in immigration detention in Australia.

The photo was released...

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