Australia is granting three members of a Tamil asylum seeker family 3 month bridging visas to work and study in Western Australia.
The Muruggapan family who were detained for more than two years on remote Christmas Island, were evacuated to the state after the family’s youngest child developed a potentially life-threatening condition thought to be the result of untreated pneumonia.
Immigration minister Alex Hawke says he exercised his powers under Article 195A of the Migration Act to give the family bridging visas with rights to work and study.