After 10 years of pain and uncertainty my family risks being torn apart by Labor’s deportation bill. By Vashini Jayakumar, The Guardian

My name is Vashini Jayakumar. I am a mother, a childcare worker and a permanent resident of Australia. I am also one of the people whose families risk being torn apart by the government’s deportation bill.

If this bill is passed, my husband, Riswan – who is the father of our three young children – would be put in jail if he does not immediately leave Australia, just because he refuses to leave me and our young children. This is not right – it is inhumane. It is more trauma for our family, after more than 10 years of pain and uncertainty.

After 10 years of pain and uncertainty my family risks being torn apart by Labor’s deportation bill. By Vashini Jayakumar, The Guardian