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Immigration Minister issues bridging visas to Sri Lankan Tamil family-By Jade Macmillan Nades and Priya Murugappan with their Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharnicaa in Perth.  Source:ABC A Sri Lankan Tamil family that has spent years in offshore detention has been issued bridging visas that will allow them to work and study on the Australian mainland. Key points: The Murugappan family has spent years fighting deportation to Sri Lanka The family had been in detention on Christmas Island The Murugappans will remain in Perth for the duration of the bridging visas Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced he had issued the Murugappan family with three-month bridging visas. ...