Thousands of supporters of the Tamil family at the centre of an immigration row, rallied across Australia on Sunday to urge the government to let them stay in the country.
The family are now in detention on Christmas Island following their removal from the central Queensland town of Biloela, after the Department of Home Affairs found them not to be genuine refugees.
The family still holds hope of a return to their Central Queensland home since a last-minute court injunction stopped their deportation on Thursday night.
Questions are being raised about the condition of the two children, aged 4 and 2, whilst they are in detention, with their mother telling media the girls had been crying repeatedly and refusing to eat.