KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — Injured Palestinians currently receiving treatment in Malaysia will only be repatriated once the situation improves, or a permanent ceasefire is agreed upon by all parties, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

MANILA, Aug 20 — The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has said that the country has agreed to a request by the United States (US) to temporarily host a US immigrant visa processing centre for "a limited number" of Afghan nationals.

GAZA CITY, July 8 — Thousands of Palestinians fled large areas of southwest Gaza City when Israeli forces unexpectedly intruded for the first time in over three months, opening heavy fire targeting roads, homes, and residential buildings, resulting in dozens of casualties early today morning, Anadolu Agency reported.

GENEVA, June 13 — The United Nations refugee agency on Thursday said the number of people forcibly displaced stood at a record 117.3 million as of the end of last year, warning that this figure could rise further without major global political changes.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The Ministry of Home Affairs has refuted allegations in the latest Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, which claims that the government oppresses refugee groups and foreign nationals by placing them in overcrowded detention centres allegedly exceeding capacity.

DUBAI, Feb 14 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called upon all "conscientious" nations to rally behind the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) which he hailed as a vital support for millions of refugees across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

JAKARTA, Feb 1 — Over 130 Rohingya landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said, the latest in a series of such arrivals which have drawn controversy in the Southeast Asian country.

ANKARA, Jan 28 — The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on Palestine decried countries that announced a suspension of funding to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) that provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians following allegations of involvement by employees in the October 7 attacks on Israel.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Malaysian police said on Tuesday (July 18) they had opened an investigation into the disappearance this month of a Myanmar democracy activist and her family, who are United Nations refugee card holders.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — A group of bipartisan MPs today urged the government to reform policies to better protect refugees in Malaysia, especially women and children.

TOKYO, May 9 — Japan's lower house of Parliament during a plenary session on Tuesday passed a contentious bill to amend an immigration law allowing authorities to deport foreign nationals who apply for refugee status multiple times, reported Xinhua.

PUTRAJAYA, May 9 — Any decision to allow refugees to be employed in any sector should be based on data prepared by the Home Ministry (KDN), said its minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — The High Court here today set aside an interim stay on the Malaysian government from repatriating 114 Myanmar refugees to their country of origin.

KOTA BHARU, Oct 27 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has told the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) as well as any human rights groups not to interfere in Malaysia’s affairs to deport Myanmar nationals back to their own country.

BRUSSELS, Aug 26 — Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU), Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) called on Thursday to hold accountable perpetrators of human rights violations against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority.

LARUT, July 23 — The government yesterday approved the adoption of the Tracking Refugees Information System (TRIS) on all United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholders in Malaysia.

CHISINAU, June 12 — More than 95,000 people crossed the border checkpoints of Romania in the past 24 hours, of which over 9,000 were citizens of Ukraine, reported Sputnik, quoting the Romanian Border Police on Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Immigration Department detained 49 immigrants for various offences including not having valid travel documents and passes suspected to be fake, in an operation at a condominium in Ampang, here last night.

GENEVA, May 23 — More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and human rights violations.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) today proposed for special approval to be given to use the labour among the refugees, undocumented foreign workers and prisoners of minor crimes within the country to cover the shortage of foreign workers.