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Hope for Malaysia's home-learning Rohingya refugees - the Harvest Centre
14 Jul 2006 Many Rohingya refugee children in Malaysia are not getting a full basic education because of financial and bureaucratic obstacles. But some lucky ones have been given places in Malaysia's first Montessori school for marginalised children. -
Last Vietnamese boat refugee leaves Malaysia
30 Aug 2005 Over the weekend, Doan Van Viet became the last of the over 250,000 Vietnamese "boat people" to leave Malaysia. Unlike many friends and relatives who chose to be relocated to other countries over the years, Doan opted to return to Viet Nam to marry his fiancée and reunite with his long-lost family. -
Vietnamese "boat boy" practices medicine in Tibet
28 Apr 2005 Thirty years ago, Saigon fell to the Communists, prompting hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people to flee in the following years. Among the refugees who washed up in Malaysia in 1977 was a boy who is now a Swiss-trained doctor helping rural and nomadic people in Tibet. -
UNHCR urges Malaysia to protect refugees during crackdown
4 Mar 2005 On the fourth day of Malaysia's crackdown on illegal migrants, UNHCR urged the government to continue demonstrating its strong humanitarian commitment and cooperation with the refugee agency, despite conflicting media reports about the government's position. UNHCR strongly refuted charges that it had issued protection letters indiscriminately ahead of the crackdown. -
UNHCR expresses concern at impending crackdown on migrants in Malaysia
22 Feb 2005 The UN refugee agency has expressed concern at the impending crackdown on illegal migrants in Malaysia at the end of an extended amnesty on Feb 28. -
UNHCR to start mobile registration in Malaysia's jungle camps
10 Dec 2004 Ahead of an expected crackdown on illegal migrants, the refugee agency is sending mobile teams to provide documentation to refugees and asylum seekers living in fear and dire conditions. It is also pressing the government to issue temporary stay permits to Rohingyas, as promised. -
Refugees at risk as Malaysia prepares crackdown on illegal migrants
3 Dec 2004 UNHCR has warned that refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia could risk getting detained or deported in the face of an impending crackdown on illegal migrants that involves bounties and a sizeable volunteer corps working with law enforcement agencies. -
Refugees in Malaysia's jungle camps face harsh life, fear crackdown
30 Nov 2004 Living in harsh conditions in makeshift jungle camps on the outskirts of Malaysia's gleaming new administrative capital of Putra Jaya, are thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. They live in fear of police raids and an imminent crackdown on illegal migrants. -
UNHCR urges Malaysia to release refugees from detention
26 Nov 2004 Over 300 refugees in Malaysia are in detention centres, including minors, the elderly and vulnerable cases. The only way out is through resettlement in a third country or voluntary deportation, which can take many months, sometimes even years. UNHCR is continuing to request the Malaysian government to release the most vulnerable cases.