(CNN) -- A woman who Australia deems to be a national security risk has given birth to a child who is likely to spend the early months, if not years, of his life in detention. Baby Paari was born on Tuesday to Ranjini, a 33-year-old mother of two other boys aged six and nine, who was granted refugee status by Australia in 2011 after fleeing violence in Sri Lanka. Read more: Australia's 'overwhelmed' asylum centers slammed Since May, they've been living in residential housing within the walls of the Villawood Detention Center, a secure facility in suburban Sydney where asylum seekers remain while their cases are processed.
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Widowed by fighting, Ranjini fled Sri Lanka with her two young boys in 2008
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They took a boat to Australia where they were granted refugee status in 2011
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However, the 33-year-old failed an ASIO security test and was detained in Sydney
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She gave birth to a baby boy Tuesday, he will join his mother and brothers in detention
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He finished his degree course in June 2009, just as the @placeholder government was declaring victory over rebels in the north.
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Ranjini and her sons are being held in a "lower security" section of @placeholder in Sydney with other families who are waiting for their claims to be processed.
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