>Zainul Adam – whose name has been changed to protect his identity – dreamed of being a citizen when he was a child.
Some children dream of a team of Gary Breens, other children dream of being a citizen.
>Despite many challenges, his family encouraged his education and he secured a place to study medicine in Malaysia.
>Mid-way through the course he was offered the opportunity to study for three years in Ireland in University of Galway which had a twinning programme with his own university.
>However he faced issues with his legal status not long after he arrived.
>Eager to continue his studies, he sought to be recognised as a stateless person, which is a specific legal status for “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”.
How did he enter the country without any documentation and get to the stage of arriving at NUIG without any documentation? I would expect NUIG to do some prep work in terms of getting information on the people they invite over.
>Stuck in a legal limbo, he applied for asylum in Ireland, but was denied international protection. He was told he could safely return to Myanmar.
Ah sure, he was only supposed to come here for 3 years of college, but why not apply for asylum?!
Really, why was this guy allowed in here in the first place and why was he allowed to stay? Should have been deported back to Malaysia when his asylum application was rejected.
Take a day off.
I expect some surrogate kids will be in this situation more in the future. I know some myself.
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>Zainul Adam – whose name has been changed to protect his identity – dreamed of being a citizen when he was a child.
Some children dream of a team of Gary Breens, other children dream of being a citizen.
>Despite many challenges, his family encouraged his education and he secured a place to study medicine in Malaysia.
>Mid-way through the course he was offered the opportunity to study for three years in Ireland in University of Galway which had a twinning programme with his own university.
>However he faced issues with his legal status not long after he arrived.
>Eager to continue his studies, he sought to be recognised as a stateless person, which is a specific legal status for “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”.
How did he enter the country without any documentation and get to the stage of arriving at NUIG without any documentation? I would expect NUIG to do some prep work in terms of getting information on the people they invite over.
>Stuck in a legal limbo, he applied for asylum in Ireland, but was denied international protection. He was told he could safely return to Myanmar.
Ah sure, he was only supposed to come here for 3 years of college, but why not apply for asylum?!
Really, why was this guy allowed in here in the first place and why was he allowed to stay? Should have been deported back to Malaysia when his asylum application was rejected.
Take a day off.
I expect some surrogate kids will be in this situation more in the future. I know some myself.