Detention centre denies two-year-old Tamil girl a birthday cake
by Helen Davidson from on (#4HD88)
Girl's family has spent 15 months in detention since being arrested at their home in Biloela, Queensland
A two-year-old girl who was taken into immigration detention with her family from their home in Biloela has been denied a cake on her birthday.
It was her second birthday inside the Melbourne detention centre and the second time visitors were blocked from bringing in a cake to celebrate, despite her father, Nades, going through the required rigorous application process, including submitting a "special purpose food and/or medication request" to Border Force.
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