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"Our work is crucial in keeping refugees safe, and ensuring that their access to justice is preserved."

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"Our work is crucial in keeping refugees safe, and ensuring that their access to justice is preserved."

Devendiran Paramanantham, Protection Officer at UNHCR Malaysia

UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution, war or disaster at home.

Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.

We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.

UNHCR Representation in Malaysia
UNHCR cooperates with its Government and civil society partners in humanitarian support for refugees including in education, healthcare and community support.
Fact Check Malaysia
Refugee Fact Check
UNHCR is committed to helping the public understand the facts about refugees, and addressing confusing viral misinformation that may be distorted or have no basis in fact.
Refugee children belong in schools
World Refugee Day 2024
It falls each year on 20 June and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape war, conflict or persecution.
A UNHCR staff member talks to families arriving from Lebanon at the Jdaidet Yabous border crossing in Syria.

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