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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. -
Young Australians get Streetwize about refugees
10 Feb 2005 Streetwize Communications has produced "The Other Side", an educational comic strip that draws on real refugee stories to inform young people in Australia about refugee and asylum-seeker issues. -
A new home in Australia for refugees from West Africa's wars
19 Jan 2005 More than a decade on the run from West African wars has ended in smiles and safety on the other side of the world for 376 refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone. The refugee families - the majority headed by women - arrived in Australia earlier this week. -
Australia accepts Iraqi refugees from Nauru
17 Dec 2004 A group of 23 recently-recognised Iraqi refugees have left Nauru after more than three years, arriving in Australia to join their relatives. UNHCR has welcomed the move, and urged the government to grant complementary protection to other Iraqi asylum seekers on the island. -
Scholarship offers new hope to refugees in Australia
15 Dec 2004 The University of Adelaide programme offers one scholarship in each of its five faculties in areas of study as diverse as medicine, commerce, the humanities and engineering for refugees with Temporary Protection Visas who meet the academic standards. UNHCR speaks to an Iraqi recipient of the scholarship. -
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.