A Sri Lankan asylum seeker family last night were pulled from a plane at Perth airport, just minutes before they were due to be deported by Border Force Officials.
It's understood the couple came to Australia separately by boat in 2012 and 2013, following Sri Lanka’s civil war and settled in Biloela on a bridging visa which has since expired.
Biloela residents held a vigil last night, while a petition to return the family to their home has reached almost 60,000 signatures.