Support from Christmas Island locals for Biloela family | 7.30

The medical evacuation of the youngest daughter of the family from Biloela from Christmas Island has raised further questions about the Federal Government's hard-line stance on immigration detention. The family of four Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers has been in detention for more than a thousand days.

The emergency throws the spotlight on the plight of the family and the effect it is having on the isolated community. Peter McCutcheon was on Christmas Island last week to take a look at the impact of the family's plight.

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