A family from the Maldives, who have been living in Australia for six years, are facing deportation and are concerned that their three-year-old disabled son won’t survive if his visa application is rejected.
The family, who moved in 2013 to Western Australia, received a notification from the Department of Home Affairs that all of their visas had been approved except their three-year-old son who requires round-the-clock medical care.
The mother of the three-year-old, Shizleen, said that her son wouldn’t survive if they were deported because they cannot access the care he requires in the Maldives.
A review of the decision not to grant Kayban, the child, a visa will take place on the 29th of August in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Perth, if that fails they have 28 days to appeal to the Minister of Immigration David Coleman.