Malaysia

 

Operation: Opération: Malaysia

Location

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Key Figures

2020 planning figures
98% of asylum-seekers will be registered on individual basis
80% of SGBV survivors will receive case management and appropriate support through a referral pathway
60,000 refugees and asylum-seekers will receive work permits
14,000 children aged 3 to 17 years old will be enrolled in education
7,500 refugee status determination decisions will be issued
3,000 refugees and asylum-seekers will be released from immigration detention
2018 year-end results
46,910 UNHCR identity cards were issued
23,760 new registrations were carried out
21,600 refugee status determination decisions issued
2,410 refugees departed for resettlement
145 refugees voluntarily repatriated

People of Concern Personnes relevant de la compétence du HCR

4%
Decrease in
2019
2019 243,784
2018 252,742
2017 241,438

 

[["Refugees",127940],["Refugee-like situation",1155],["Asylum-seekers",50649],["Stateless",9040],["Others of concern",55000]]
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Malaysia

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CHOOSE A YEAR
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
More than 161,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are registered with UNHCR in Malaysia and, in addition, some 10,000 stateless persons reside in West Malaysia.
 
UNHCR conducts all activities related to registration, documentation, status determination and solutions of and for refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia, with an increasing focus on community-based protection.
 
Most refugees are integrated into the urban community as part of a larger migrant economy of an estimated 3 million people. Despite de facto socio-economic opportunities for refugees, the absence of domestic legal status puts them at risk of arrest and detention and subject to exploitation and abuse in the workplace, with poor health and education outcomes as a result of poverty.
 
The new Pakatan Harapan Government has provided renewed optimism for policy and law reform. In particular in its March 2018 ‘Manifesto’, the Government committed to signing the 1951 Refugee Convention and legitimise the status of refugees registered by UNHCR by ensuring their legal right to work at par with locals. Discussions are also ongoing with the Government on adopting a status agreement for UNHCR.
 

Key priorities

 
In 2019, UNHCR will focus on:
  • Assisting refugee communities to become more resilient and self-reliant to shape solutions for themselves in alignment with the 2017-21 Strategic Plan;
  • Building resilience through the mainstreaming of community-based protection into all protection and assistance interventions, as well as training staff and partners on community-based protection approaches and models;
  • Engaging service providers to deliver cash-based interventions in alignment with UNHCR’s global policy;
  • Prioritizing the identification of children at risk and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence to enable access to lifesaving and recovery services, as well as strengthening inter-agency cooperation including refugee community organizations to ensure mainstreaming of child protection and SGBV prevention, mitigation and response;
  • Strengthening relationships with stakeholders to widen access to education, particularly the Ministry of Education to complete registration and licensing of learning centres and promote inclusion of refugee children in the national education system;
  • Prioritizing identification and support to individuals and groups with the highest protection needs and vulnerabilities including registration in detention, unaccompanied and separated children, SGBV survivors, LGBTI and trafficking victims;
  • Increasing registration coverage and issuing timely refugee status determination decisions;
  • Expanding medical insurance to cover all UNHCR persons of concern;
  • Implementing a comprehensive solutions strategy in line with the regional strategy combining voluntary return, local solutions, including temporary stay arrangements through legal migration options and promoting legal work rights and resettlement;
  • Maintaining technical support in resolving the situation of stateless persons and continued advocacy and cooperation with the Government to streamline policies and practices.
Latest contributions
  • 30-JUN-2020
    Norway
    $225,521
  • Switzerland
    $354,521
  • Spain

    private donors

    $6,910,816
  • 29-JUN-2020
    Norway
    $1,445,000
  • Romania
    $53,397
  • Argentina
    $53,550
  • Spain
    $3,412,969
  • Sweden
    $744,500
  • Denmark
    $279,000
  • Switzerland
    $581,000
  • 25-JUN-2020
    New Zealand
    $1,297,017
  • 23-JUN-2020
    Spain
    $178,376
  • 22-JUN-2020
    France
    $24,325,877
  • 19-JUN-2020
    Japan
    $55,646
  • 18-JUN-2020
    Switzerland
    $265,675
  • 17-JUN-2020
    Germany
    $7,963,595
  • Belgium
    $162,867
  • Sweden
    $172,374
  • 16-JUN-2020
    Qatar

    private donors

    $2,000,000
  • Estonia
    $56,883