Malaysia – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has advised Rohingya people who have UNHCR cards not to be obstinate in their actions and to recognize that they are refugees. The government sympathizes with the group’s position, but any activities that generate issues for the nation will be dealt with, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. …

Indonesia – After locals and the world community protested its intention to drive Rohingya migrants into Malaysian seas, Indonesia said that it would allow dozens of them onshore. At least 100 people, primarily women and children, on a damaged wooden sailboat off the coast of Aceh province were refused asylum in Indonesia, where officials claimed they intended to force them …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Despite a military coup in their home country, the Malaysian government will repatriate 1,200 Myanmar migrants next week but has ensured that they will not include minority Muslim Rohingya refugees or those registered with the U.N. Agency for refugees. But with the U.N. On Tuesday, the High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concern that vulnerable women …

KUALA LUMPUR: The UN refugee agency said on Friday (Feb 12) Malaysia should not deport refugees after Reuters reported that it was planning to send 1,200 Myanmar nationals back to their country. Malaysia agreed to return them after the Myanmar military, which seized power in a Feb 1 coup, offered to send three navy ships to pick citizens held in …

The Indonesian government rescued 99 Rohingya refugees who on June 24 entered North Aceh waters. The decision to save them all is based on humanitarian principles. At that time, the Rohingya refugees were in very poor condition which also endangered their lives. Quoted from Pikiran-Rakyat.com from the Reuters website, in the midst of a new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, countries around …

The United Nation High Commissioner  Agency(UNHCR) has been working everywhere to secure and support the refugees. Through their work they ensure that everyone has the right to seek asylum and find secure shelter in another state, with the option of returning home, integrating or resettling eventually. Along with this, The 1951 Refugee Convention specifically stipulates who a refugee is and …