Dadka aan waddan u lahayn ee Australia: In ka badan 8,000 oo qof oo xuquuqdoodu xadidan tahay
Australia waxay hoy u tahay in ka badan 8,000 oo qof oo aan waddan u lahayn, kuwaas oo ay dhibaato ka haysato helitaanka waxbarasho iyo shaqo. Beelaha Rohingya ee la silciyo ayaa ah kuwa ugu tiro badan adduunka ee aan waddan lahayn.
Asal iyo xaalad nololeed
Asma Nayim Ullah, oo 23 jir ah, waa mid ka mid ah qiyaastii 8,000 qof ee ku nool Australia aan waddan u lahayn. Waxay ka tirsan tahay beelaha Rohingya, oo ah muslimiin laga tirada badan yahay oo aan dhalasho lahayn tan iyo 1982-kii ay diiday taliskii milatariga Myanmar.
Asma waxay ku kortay iyada oo aan heysan wax dukumiinti aqoonsi ah, taas oo xannibtay waxbarasho, daryeel caafimaad, iyo dhaqdhaqaaq xor ah. Qoyskeedu waxay ka carareen Myanmar 2013-kii, waxaana qabsaday mas'uuliyiinta xadka Australia iyagoo doon alwaax ah saaran ku jiray badda Timor.
Nidaamka iyo caqabadaha sharciga
Australia waa qayb ka mid ah heshiisyada caalamiga ah ee aan waddan lahayn, laakiin ma laha qeexitaan sharci ah oo mideysan. Katie Robertson waxay tiri: "We know that there are thousands of stateless people in Australia, but we also know that those numbers can't be considered as comprehensive and accurate because we don't have a mechanism for correctly working out who actually is stateless."
Sarah Dale oo ka tirsan RACS ayaa sheegtay: "That is going to make it incredibly difficult for them to access visas and to apply for pathways." Asma iyo qoyskeedu waxay isticmaaleen biisaarada ku-meel-gaarka ah muddo 3 sano ah iyo kuwa ku-meel-gaarka ah 9 sano, waxaana loo diiwaangeliyay arday caalami ah.
Dib-u-eegis iyo mustaqbal
Robertson waxay sheegtay in dadka aan waddan lahayn ay ku nool yihiin "legal limbo" Australia, iyadoo ku xustay: "The conditions they've been subjected to over the past decade or so have actually replicated the discrimination they faced in their country of origin." Tani waxay saamaysay Feyli Kurds, Bidoon, iyo Falastiiniyiinta.
Falanqeeyayaasha ayaa dalbanaya qaab-dhismeed qaran oo aqoonsan dadka aan waddan lahayn. Robertson waxay tiri foomka dhalashada Australia: "You have to select from a drop-down box what your country of nationality is and there's simply no drop-down category for stateless, miscellaneous or other."
Australia is home to more than 8,000 stateless people who lack citizenship from any country. The Rohingya are the world's largest stateless group, denied nationality by Myanmar's military since 1982. Most arrived seeking asylum over a decade ago.
Rohingya woman's experience of statelessness
Asma Nayim Ullah, a 23-year-old Rohingya woman, was one of about 8,000 people in Australia without any nationality. She grew up without official documents, limiting access to education and healthcare and exposing her to arbitrary detention.
Her family fled Myanmar in 2013, was intercepted in the Timor Sea and detained in Darwin before resettlement in Sydney. In south-west Sydney they relied on bridging visas for three years and temporary visas for nine years.
Gaps in Australia's identification system
Australia lacks a uniform definition of statelessness and a formal identification mechanism. Katie Robertson said the government's 2025 figure of 8,183 stateless people is unreliable. She stated: "We know that there are thousands of stateless people in Australia".
Sarah Dale agreed the lack of clear pathway hinders visa access. Robertson noted the citizenship form forces a false nationality choice. Asma said this mirrors Rohingya pressures: "Sometimes the only way they can get a document is if they agree to identify differently".
Long-term limbo and limited pathways
Few stateless arrivals have come since Operation Sovereign Borders in 2013. Robertson said complex residency pathways leave Rohingya, Feyli Kurds, Bidoon and Palestinians struggling for education and jobs.
She said conditions "replicated the discrimination they faced in their country of origin" and they lived "in legal limbo in Australia". Statelessness remains misunderstood despite serious legal consequences for those affected.
