Biloela family 'face danger to their lives in Sri Lanka', says Tamil refugee advocate – video

Aran Mylvaganam of the Tamil Refugee Council says the Australian legal system is failing Tamils who are still being 'disappeared' in northern Sri Lanka where the ethnic minority are repressed under military occupation. Mylvaganam says the legal system fails to investigate asylum claims, focusing on legal technicalities, and that asylum seekers have no recourse to prove their claims of persecution. Scott Morrison is refusing to allow a Tamil family that had settled in Biloela in Queensland to stay in Australia. Priya, her husband, Nadesalingam, and their Australian-born children Kopika, four, and Tharunicaa, two, are currently detained on Christmas Island and are facing deportation