This is the story behind the headlines of a family in limbo. Priya Nadaraja has been cooking for days ahead of her eighth wedding anniversary. And now she’s frying up eggplants as the curries simmer. The smell of cumin, coriander and chilli hangs in the air. Her youngest daughter Tharnicaa skips through the small unit in outer Perth where the family currently lives in community detention. The four-year-old is thin and tiny. After contracting pneumonia and sepsis in the Christmas Island Detention Centre, she is under the care of doctors. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke granted her parents and six-year-old sister Kopika bridging visas so that they could be together while she recovers. They were due to expire on Wednesday. But in a reprieve late last week , he indicated he would extend them for three months, this time so the family can see through the latest chapter in their ongoing court battle to stay in Australia. Right now, Tharnicaa is excited. It's party time in a house without guards. For a child who has spent every birthday in detention, this is a first. As the family sits down to dinner, Priya tries to look upbeat for her daughters' sake. She… Read full this story
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