Australia temporarily releases Sri Lankan asylum seeker family after two years island detention

Good, spending millions of dollars to make a point which causes more suffering and turns the public against the government was a stupid idea.

Those children have been through hell and they don’t deserve it.

Looks like Australia is returning to it's racist past. Thus only supporting those who seek the possibility of immigration or migration and must be of light complexion. Australia is surrounded and has always been inhabited by non-white people. Give it up Aussies and face the fact you stole the land from Non-Europeans and want to keep out anyone who does not meet the color-code.

Did someone here just use the "R" word???

Looks like Australia is returning to it's racist past. Thus only supporting those who seek the possibility of immigration or migration and must be of light complexion. Australia is surrounded and has always been inhabited by non-white people. Give it up Aussies and face the fact you stole the land from Non-Europeans and want to keep out anyone who does not meet the color-code.

Inflammatory rubbish.

The majority of immigrants to Australia are non-caucasian. This has been the case for many years. Before you go off on an unsubstantiated rant, do a little research.

FWIW, I am glad commonsense has prevailed, and hope this family can stay permanently. They have connections to their rural community, and the two little girls were born in Australia. I'm sure they will have a great future.

Way to go Australia. Finally doing the right thing.

Looks like Australia is returning to it's racist past. 

No it is not.

This decision is a part of the Australian government plan to make it difficult for illegal immigrants, irrespective of race or nationality. While the policy had worked and the number of people making dangerous journeys by boat has dropped, there still need to be exceptions where the health of the people involved is put at risk.

The girls dont deserve the suffering they have been put through over the years.

I disagree that keeping the family together was the right decision. When I was sick as a child, only my mother could travel with me for care. Dad had to keep working and other family came to help with the other kids. Seems like special treatment to me.

Australia has a split brain on illegal immigration. The won't let people in but they won't allow them to be deported. It would have been kind to deport them immediately, before anchor babies were created. I think the family should still be deported, and when the children reach the legal age of adult, then they can claim any citizen rights, but their parents should be banned forever from ever entering AUS again.

Just my opinion but Australia's methods of detention border on crimes against humanity. Their island detention centers are barbaric. I once had a high regard for Australia but no more. If you are going to detain people do it under humane conditions, not the filthy situations lacking basic sanitation and health care one finds on those islands. Australia has much to answer for.