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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Nadesalingam family feel ‘peace’ after being granted permanent residency in Australia

Priya and Nades Nadesalingam are sitting on their couch in their home with their daughters Tharnicaa and Kopika
The Nadesalingam family were told they were granted permanent residency during a meeting with immigration officials at their Biloela home on Friday. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Nadesalingam family have said they finally feel “peace” after the federal immigration minister, Andrew Giles, intervened to grant them permanent residency.

Priya and Nades Nadesalingam, along with their daughters Kopika, 7, and Tharnicaa, 5, were visited by government officials in their family home in Biloela on Friday afternoon and told the news.

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