With the protection environment unlikely to change significantly in the short to medium term, UNHCR will continue to advocate for the Government to make policy changes relating to refugees. An additional priority will be to strengthen public awareness of asylum issues in order to expand the humanitarian space for refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless people in Malaysia.
UNHCR will enhance its interventions to ensure that asylum-seekers and refugees are not subject to arrest, detention, deportation or . In the absence of the Government's involvement in refugee processes, UNHCR will undertake to register asylum-seekers, determine their status claims and provide them with documentation.
Similarly, UNHCR will make efforts to address the basic needs of refugees in terms of livelihoods, health care, education and community development, ideally through community participation, self-management and self-reliance. This will remain a challenge, as refugees in Malaysia are of diverse nationalities and ethnic backgrounds, and are widely dispersed in urban areas as well as remote locations.
The main refugee groups in Malaysia originate from Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar and Somalia, where current conditions are not conducive to return. A sizeable group of refugees from Sri Lanka also live in Malaysia. In their case, however, improving conditions in Sri Lanka could present the potential for safe return. Local integration is not considered a viable option by the Malaysian authorities for the majority of refugees. For them, given the lack of prospects for return or local integration, resettlement remains the only option.
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