GLOBAL REVIEW OF STATELESSNESS
OCEANIA
Australia Children born in Australia are granted citizenship only if one of their parents is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident. This is particularly a problem for children born in detention facilities. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Children born to non-U.S. citizens in the CNMI between January 9, 1978 (the time when the Covenant between the CMNI and the U.S. was adopted) and November 3, 1986 (when the Covenant was ratified, failed to obtain citizenship. Papua New Guinea Over 12,000 Papuans from the Indonesia province of Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya) crossed into Papua New Guinea between 1984 and 1986. Between 1987 and 1999 more people crossed and, at the end of the year, Papua New Guinea hosted up to 8,000 individuals (between 4,000 and 5,000 in camps). As the Irian Jayan separatist movement gained momentum in 2000, further violence and displacement occurred. Eventually some 7,000 Papuans repatriated. Those remaining in the camp at East Awin (2,700-3,000) were granted residency status. During November/ December 2000, over 400 Papuans crossed into Papua New Guinea. The government declined to determine their status. The majority settled in a camp in Vanimo. By the end of 2001, the Papua New Guinea government had not acted on their asylum claims and though some returned to Indonesia voluntarily, about 300 remained. In addition to the Vanimo group, and the recognized refugees, as many as 5,000 more status-less Papuan asylum seekers live in informal settlements. Children born in the camp (East Awin) could become stateless if birth registration is not improved. |
Nationality: A Fundamental Human Right No Right to Reside: Conditions that Create Statelessness No Country to Call Home: The Scope of Statelessness Whose Job Is It Anyway? UNHCR’s Second Mandate “Citizen,
Third Class”: Findings from RI’s Statelessness Project Global Review of Statelessness --------------- |
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