A Hungarian national of Bangladeshi origin is facing prospects of having her family “torn apart” after the disability of her daughter has had her application for a permanent residency in Australia knocked back.
The future of Dr Nasrin Haque and her family now depends on the decision Immigration Minister Peter Dutton makes after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal referred the case to him.
Dr Nasrin Haque arrived in Australia with her two children, Saumya (15) and Sakir (14), in 2009.
“For permanent residency, everyone needs to go for a health check up, my daughter did not pass that health check up- one fails means we all fail,” Dr Haque told SBS.
, she has said that her daughter is an independent girl with strong computer skills who manages her everyday activities on her own.
“The Australian government is concerned that her daughter will be a financial burden on the state. She says her daughter is an independent girl with strong computer skills.”
“Although she does attend a special school, she has not received any other support from the state during her 8 years in Australia,” says Dr Haque in her petition.
Dr Haque is a full-time practising GP in New South Wales. She says her employer considers her to be a “valuable asset for the Australian community”, and that with her permanent position as a GP, she will be able to support her family financially without any help from the state.
With many members of her extended family living in Australia, and her children having lived here for the past seven years, she says they will not be able to cope up.
“Although Sumaya and Sakir were born in Hungary, they are no longer able to speak Hungarian since they have been fully integrated into Australian society for 8 years now.”
“The deportation would tear our family apart, and destroy my children’s chances of completing their education and becoming productive members of the society,” says Dr Haque.
Dr Haque expects immigration Minister Peter Dutton to make a decision soon.
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