: Indian family facing deportation over sons Down Syndrome allowed to stay in Australia #IndiaNEWS #Education Melbourne, March 9 (IANS) An Indian family that was asked to leave Australia due to their

Indian family facing deportation over sons Down Syndrome allowed to stay in Australia #IndiaNEWS #Education
Melbourne, March 9 (IANS) An Indian family that was asked to leave Australia due to their sons Down Syndrome has now been offered permanent residency after Immigration Minister Andrew Giles intervened.
After living in Perth for seven years, Aneesh Kollikkaras family was facing the prospect of being deported to India next week as their 10-year-old son Aaryan failed the visa health test, WA Today reported.
The Kollikkara couple said they were denied residency because their son was considered a burden on the health system.
After a three-year fight for the visa, the family received official word on Wednesday that Giles had intervened and granted them permanent residency.
The department rang us this morning to say they were granting the family a bridging visa until the minister made his decision and literally within half an hour of that call, the ministers office rang and said weve decided to intervene and offer you a full permanent residency, family advocate Suresh Rajan was quoted as saying in WA Today.
The minister has applied complete human rights principles here, and were so grateful to him for that. Its an incredible decision and incredibly quick, Rajan said.
According to the Immigration Department, the cost of looking after Aaryan would be 4,000 over 10 years.
Aaryans mother Krishna had said that her son doesnt rely on any disability support services.
According to 7News, the couples two children are privately schooled and the family has private health too. It said that the family has used Medicare for some of Aaryans appointments but has never claimed financial help through the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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