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Brisbane toddler could be deported after Child Safety tell foster mother she can't adopt him

A two-year-old Brisbane child is facing deportation and being ripped away from the care of his foster mother, despite her being told she would be his long-term guardian.
While 9News can't reveal their real names or show their faces due to legal reasons, the two-year-old's foster carer has told of the potential heartbreak both she and her foster son are facing.
Initially born in Brisbane to a mother on a student visa from India, the little boy was placed into foster care at four days old after his birth parents couldn't care for him. The toddler has lived with his foster mother ever since.
A two-year-old Brisbane child is facing deportation and being ripped away from the care of his foster mother, despite her being told she would be his long-term guardian.
A two-year-old Brisbane child is facing deportation and being ripped away from the care of his foster mother, despite her being told she would be his long-term guardian. (Nine)
Correspondence from the state government confirming the toddler would be under care.
Correspondence from the state government confirming the toddler would be under care. (Nine)
However, despite being told as recently as a few months ago that the boy would be in her care until he was 18, the Department of Child Safety has now told the boy's carer he will be taken away and put up for adoption – and she can't apply for him.
"This is a child's life; this is his life we are talking about, taking him from a loving, caring home to an unknown, to strangers," the boy's carer said.
"They said to me in a meeting, in front of about five or six people, and they said to me child safety has stuffed up."
Initially born in Brisbane to a mother on a student visa from India, the little boy was placed into foster care at four days old after his birth parents couldn't care for him.
Initially born in Brisbane to a mother on a student visa from India, the little boy was placed into foster care at four days old after his birth parents couldn't care for him. (Nine)
Additionally, the two-year-old is also facing deportation as he is not considered an Australian resident. When 9News approached Federal Immigration Minister Alex Hawke's office on the matter, it was given these statements:
"A child born in Australia to a visa holder will generally be considered to hold the same visa as their parent held when the child was born."
"If the state of Queensland chose to sponsor a child in a case such as this, as Minister I would give it my full and compassionate consideration."
Due to the toddler's birth mother being on a student visa, he has no rights to permanent residency.
"I have been told it'll be like the death of a baby, it will be the same as the death of a baby," the foster mother said when asked if she was prepared for the day when the boy might be taken away.
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