Wednesday 8 June 2022 08:04 AM Tamil family return home to Queensland after being detained on Christmas Island ... trends now
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The family of Tamil asylum seekers yelled out 'Hello Brisbane, hello Queensland' as they arrived in the Sunshine State on the way home to their adopted hometown of Biloela.
Speaking from Perth Airport on Wednesday, mother Priya Nadesalingam thanked the community in WA, where the family has spent the past 12 months, before beginning the journey east.
'Me and my family are very happy to start our journey back to my community in Bilo,' she said.
Ms Nadesalingam also thanked staff at Perth Children's Hospital who treated her daughter Tharnicaa for a blood infection after she was medically evacuated from Christmas Island last year.
The family of Tamil asylum seekers (pictured) yelled out 'Hello Brisbane, hello Queensland' as they arrived in the Sunshine State on the way home to their adopted hometown of Biloela
The timing of the journey means Tharnicaa will celebrate her fifth birthday in Biloela on Sunday. She was just nine months old when the family first entered detention.
Priya, her husband Nades and their Australian-born daughters Kopika, 6, and Tharnicaa, 4, are expected to arrive in the central Queensland town on
