Tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers are at undue risk of being arrested arrest in the upcoming raids all over Malaysia.

On Saturday afternoon, Feb 11, at the beautiful Central Market and Kota Raya in downtown Kuala Lumpur, while many tourists and locals shopped, more than 100 people (including illegal migrant workers, asylum seekers, and refugees) were arrested for illegally working.

Just 20 minutes after the arrests were finished, one looking at the market would…

WATERLOO, Iowa — As the ethnic makeup of Black Hawk County changes, so does the diversity of the business climate.

About a year-and-a-half after the first Burmese refugees came to Waterloo for work, the first Burmese business has opened its doors.

Zaw Min…

Church compounds are overflowing with refugees from the area of fighting between Burmese government troops and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA/KIO), reports People In Need.

Kachin refugees flee fighting between KIA and government troops.…

Dear Your Excellency Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra,



We, the undersigned members of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, are deeply concerned about the deportation of Ka Yang, a Lao Hmong recognized as a refugee by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR). Ka Yang was deported from the Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok to Lao border on 17 December 2011.



It is…

PUTRAJAYA: The recent tragedy near Indonesian waters involving a boat full of migrants heading for Australia shows the issue needs to be dealt with urgently by countries in the region.

“It is a critical issue that needed a regional solution,” Deputy HomeAffairs Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said in a statement…

When Lucia Marry Marry failed her first driving test in Australia the 37-year-old Myanmar refugee was not too disappointed - to her, it is enough she can take the exam.



Nor is she worried about the dangers of driving on busy city roads, a sight unseen in her homeland, formerly known as Burma, where walking was generally the only form of transport for the mother-of-three.



"No. I'm not scared. I'm happy because I like driving," she says from…

HOTEL ARMADA Petaling Jaya paid a visit to a community of Myanmar Chin refugees who are currently living at a rundown flat in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

The visit from the hotel’s staff was to shed some “festive light” while spreading Christmas cheer and joy to the refugees who have to live on the margins of society most of the time.

With the majority of the Myanmar Chins being Christians, it is also an early Christmas celebration for them.

Having left Myanmar to flee…

Nonprofit has helped settle immigrants from Myanmar, Nepal, Sudan, Iraq, Somalia and beyond

Students Abdurahman Juma, from left, Lu Reh, Tuang Sian Khai and Malka Arbab work together in an advanced English class at RefugeeOne. Juma and Arbab are from Sudan, Reh and Khai are from Myanmar. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune / December 15, 2011)…

Life Sdn Bhd 7: Refugees served as a reminder that all human beings deserve dignity, no matter where they are from or how they live.

Imagine…

The talent of refugee children shone today in a Talent Competition organised in conjunction with Universal Children's Day. 12 Finalists comprising refugee children between 10-17 years sang and danced to vie for the top prizes in the Refugee Children Talent Competition.

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PUTRAJAYA (Nov 1, 2011): The government has decided that the amnesty and legalisation processes under the ‘6P Programme’ for illegal immigrant workers be carried out simultaneously.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today this was so that illegal immigrants wishing to return to their country of origin, can leave the country as…

TENAGANITA

PRESS STATEMENT

October 16^th, 2011

Congratulations to Cambodia for the Ban;

Shame on Malaysia for Enslaving Women & Children 

in Homes & Agencies

Bravo to Cambodia for…

The “6P” programme is a proposed system to manage migrants in general in Malaysia. There have been media announcements that refugees could be affected by this, and UNHCR is liaising with the Government of Malaysia on any areas that could affect refugees, and will continue to be involved in any issues related to the protection of refugees in this regard.

However, at this time, UNHCR advises all UNHCR card holders to wait further information and instruction from UNHCR on the…