KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 – The proposed amendment to Section 3 of the Federal Constitution involving citizenship issues will be presented in the Conference of Rulers meeting on July 12.

DHAKA, Dec 30 — Bangladesh is trying to stop Rohingya refugees risking their lives in boats to Southeast Asia, a government official said, amid fears that this year could be one of the most deadly in years for the persecuted Muslims from Myanmar seeking new lives.

DHAKA, Dec 28 — Another 232 Rohingya people safely reached ashore in northwestern Indonesia over the past few days after they took a risky sea journey to flee Bangladesh’s cramped refugee camps weeks ago, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI/DHAKA, Dec 27 — The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a UN agency said, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in Bangladesh camps.

JAKARTA, Dec 25 — Dozens of Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday following demands from humanitarian organisations to allow them to disembark after being adrift at sea for a month, reported dpa.

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.

TASEK GELUGOR, Sept 17 — The Immigration Department (JIM) has found that some ethnic Rohingyas have entered the country using the services of agents who would also take them to the UNHCR office to obtain the refugee card.

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.

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.

KAPAR, May 28 — The Home Ministry (KDN) today questioned the actions of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in providing refugee identification cards to several Indonesian nationals.

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 protests and breakout at the temporary immigration detention centre in Sungai Bakap, Penang, last week have renewed calls for a legal framework and policy to deal with refugees, especially Rohingyas.

SELAMA, April 23 — Rohingya refugees in this country are being treated well, although Malaysia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said.

ISLAMABAD, Sept 18 — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has said here that the international community should continue engaging with the Afghan Taliban.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The repatriation programme for Myanmar nationals to return to their country of origin on February 23 does not involve United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholders or people of Rohingya ethnicity.

LABUAN, Nov 25 — Threats, curses and criticisms are among the mental challenges faced by Labuan healthcare personnel while conducting Covid-19 screening in the two United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)-sanctioned settlements of Kg Muslim and Kiamsam.

Oct 24 — International donors pledged nearly US$600 million (RM2.5billion) to support displaced Rohingya on Thursday, succeeding in bridging a huge gap in funding for hundreds of thousands of refugees.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Malaysia called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to work closely with Asean to expedite the resettlement process of UNHCR Cardholders to third countries as the spillover effects of the Rakhine State crisis continues to impact the region.