Kristina Keneally uncovers suffering

Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally says Tamil family living ‘in a box with two rooms’ in detention

A family is living “in a box” in an Australian territory after being “forcibly” removed from their home in a small town and moved into detention.

Shadow Immigration and Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally has given a grim insight into the lives of a Tamil family living in detention on Christmas Island.

The Sri Lankan family are living in “a box with two rooms” after being “forcibly” removed from their home in Queensland and taken to an immigration detention centre.

The Labor frontbencher visited the family on the weekend after an outrageous battle with former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton last week to gain access.

Ms Keneally has previously called out Prime Minister Scott Morrison for allowing the “cruel and inhumane” saga to continue at a $50m cost to the taxpayer.

In a statement obtained by news.com.au, she said she had “several chances to see the family, including in the immigration detention centre where they live, at the Christmas Island Recreation Centre, and at the Catholic Church on Sunday morning”.

Speaking to media from the Australian territory on Tuesday, she told the ABC’s Fran Kelly that despite the inquisitive and smart nature of the kids during the current hardships, the family “is dead” in detention.

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The family in question must be very confused. One minute they're Tamils and the next they're Sri Lankan.


The look of people living on the edge. The ALP's definition of a box.