Fadi Chalouhy
Fadi Chalouhy shared the status of those born out of wedlock before 1987 in Ireland. He was stateless. A few months ago when he became the first stateless person to be granted Permanent Residency in Australia. Globally more than 12 million people are stateless. It means you are not recognised as having rights int he place you were born: that's no healthcare, no education, no bank account, now job and certainly no right to vote or a passport. Fadi's father a Syrian never registered his birth to his Lebanese mother before he abandoned both 6 months after Fadi's birth. This is a remarkable story of triumph in the face of adversity and of how the hand of fate can take care of us while it also deals seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Here's Fadi's story