Case Study – Childhood Statelessness in Australia Taken from the ‘A Place to Call Home Report: Shining a Light on Unmet Legal Need for Stateless Refugee Children in Australia, available here.lxvi One Family, Two Legal Realities Muhammad and his wife Sumaiya are stateless Rohingyas, who arrived by boat seeking asylum in Australia in 2013. They have three children — all of whom were born in different countries. Their first child, daughter Noor was born in their country of origin. Their second daughter, Farrah, was born while the family were in transit to Australia. Their third child, son Husan was born in Australia shortly after the family arrived. The different location of each child’s place of birth means that despite sharing the same biological parents, each child’s legal status, and potential entitlement to citizenship is different, with only the third child having a prima facie entitlement to Australian citizenship under domestic legislation. 36