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Fingerprints mark new direction in refugee registration
30 Nov 2006 Malaysia has become the first Asian country where UNHCR is using biometric technology to track the identities of refugees and asylum seekers, a measure certain to heighten the credibility of the refugee agency's registration system in the eyes of the Malaysian government. -
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. -
Malaysia/Thailand: UNHCR working closely with governments
27 Sep 2005 -
UNHCR assesses South Thai Muslim arrivals in Malaysia
13 Sep 2005 -
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. -
Malaysia: Fourth day of crackdown on illegal migrants
4 Mar 2005 -
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. -
Malaysia: crackdown against illegal migrants begins
1 Mar 2005