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Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

‘Heartache and tears’ for UK couple too old to stay in Australia as they face separation from daughter

A British couple told to leave Australia because they are too old to apply for permanent residency have managed to stay for another year - but fear separation from their daughter.

Sheena Tunnicliff , 51, and husband Glen, 57, were told they had to leave their home of seven years in Perth, Western Australia, by August because Glen’s work as a plasterer is ending as the company that sponsored his visa winds up.

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