{"id":226430,"date":"2020-07-20T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T17:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=226430"},"modified":"2020-07-20T10:44:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T15:44:36","slug":"family-australia-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/family-australia-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa rejection overturned for Australian family of boy with Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE 7\/20\/20<\/strong>: The decision to force a British family living in Australia for seven years to leave the country because they have a son with Down syndrome has been overturned. According to SBS News<\/a>, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s decision likely means that the Lund family will be allowed to have permanent residency within a few months.<\/p>\n

16-year-old Ciaran Lund has Down syndrome and his healthcare needs are estimated to cost at least $2 million to Australian taxpayers. Because of this, the family was originally denied permanent residency and told they had to leave Australia in 35 days.<\/p>\n

The family’s migration agent and lawyer Aleksandra Rajcevic said, “They will likely get their permanent visa now because the tribunal has requested the decision be reviewed by the department and with new directions. It’s a win for the family. Ciaran meets the criteria for the granting of the visa.”<\/p>\n

7\/1\/20<\/strong>: A family has been given 35 days to leave Australia after living there for years, solely because one of their children has Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

Jason and Anita Lund moved from the United Kingdom to Sydney, Australia, on a temporary work visa when he got a job for the New South Wales government. The Lund family relocated in 2013, and everything was fine — until five years later when they applied for a permanent visa. That application was denied, solely because one of their children, Ciaran Lund, has Down syndrome. \u201cI remember that day,\u201d Anita told SBS News<\/a>. \u201cOur immigration lawyer told us we’d got 35 days to leave the country. We were absolutely devastated.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expected some communication around being accepted into the country,\u201d Jason added. \u201cBut deep down in our hearts, we didn\u2019t think it would be an issue. It was quite difficult to take on board, we didn\u2019t really understand the implications and we were scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yet another family being told they have to leave the country bec one of their children is disabled.<\/p>\n

The cruelty of this govt is beyond measure.https:\/\/t.co\/U8EUZhRDfz<\/a><\/p>\n

— ShiannonCorcoran (@ShiannonC) June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n