Rohingya Refugees
Rohingya Refugees The Muslim Rohingya population of Burma has been consistently persecuted by the Burmese government. In 1982, the Burmese government passed a law which effectively stripped citizenship for the Rohingya. Further, they have very limited freedom of movement, no freedom of religion, and frequently experience land seizure, forced labor and arbitrary arrest. The Rohingya are currently excluded from the resettlement programs for Burmese of other ethnic minorities from the Thailand-Burma border camps. An estimated one million Rohingya have fled Burma by boat, often paying unscrupulous people smugglers, and the refugees now live in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Middle East.
Rohingya in Malaysia
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Assalamualikum Wr.Wb
Rohingya(s) are the Muslim people from the Arakan State of Myanmar and due to unfavorable political circumstances they become the refugees and take shelter to the neighboring countries. As a result of which there are approximately ten thousand Rohingyas in Malaysia living in various states densely in Klang valley, Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Teranganu and Penang under the UNHCR protection.
Rohingya Information Center (RIC) formed in 1996 with the aim of providing Rohingya Information from individual to all the authorities and relevant parties locally and internationally. RIC is a non-political body which focuses on Rohingya societies to bring it into the level of modern and development stage so as to be able to live in the multi-cultural societies by abiding law and norms of country and respecting the culture and adopting its value to bring harmony to the societies as an integral part of the human life.
Rohingya Information Center (RIC) also necessitate to condemn against those who violate human rights, which caused some ethnics to be displaced and created the region chaos & unpeaceful.
Every society from beginning to the modern life strive on living together, to develop and build communication in order to bring life more easier and harmonious to individual and society as a whole.
Assalamualikum Wr.Wb
Rohingya(s) are the Muslim people from the Arakan State of Myanmar and due to unfavorable political circumstances they become the refugees and take shelter to the neighboring countries. As a result of which there are approximately ten thousand Rohingyas in Malaysia living in various states densely in Klang valley, Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Teranganu and Penang under the UNHCR protection.
Rohingya Information Center (RIC) formed in 1996 with the aim of providing Rohingya Information from individual to all the authorities and relevant parties locally and internationally. RIC is a non-political body which focuses on Rohingya societies to bring it into the level of modern and development stage so as to be able to live in the multi-cultural societies by abiding law and norms of country and respecting the culture and adopting its value to bring harmony to the societies as an integral part of the human life.
Rohingya Information Center (RIC) also necessitate to condemn against those who violate human rights, which caused some ethnics to be displaced and created the region chaos & unpeaceful.
Every society from beginning to the modern life strive on living together, to develop and build communication in order to bring life more easier and harmonious to individual and society as a whole.
UNHCR-KL ,Representative Mr.Alan Vernon
UNHCR Malaysia Representative Mr.Alan Vernon
The Presentation of Letter of Appointment byMr. Paul Alan Vernon,
Representative of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) toMalaysia
Mr. Paul Alan Vernon, Representative of UNHCR, presented his Letter of Appointment to the Honourable Dato’ Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 2:15 pm, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Putrajaya.
Mr. Vernon is the 12th representative of UNHCR to Malaysia who replaces Mr. Volker Turk who had completed his tour of duty on 31 March 2008. Mr. Vernon, who is an American, started his career with the UNHCR in 1987 and had worked at the UNHCR representative office in Kuala Terengganu, from 1987 to 1991. His last post was as Head of Services, Organisational Development and Management Division in UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
The UNHCR presence in Malaysia was formalized in an Exchange of Letter between the Agency and Malaysia on 18 October 1975. The UNHCR primary function is to provide international protection to refugees and to seek solutions to their problems by assisting Malaysian Government to facilitate their assimilation, voluntary repatriation and re-settlement.
Although Malaysia is not a State Party to the 1951 Convention and its Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, it has not prevented Malaysia from cooperating with the UNHCR in addressing international refugee issues on humanitarian grounds.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA
16 December 2008
The Presentation of Letter of Appointment byMr. Paul Alan Vernon,
Representative of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) toMalaysia
Mr. Paul Alan Vernon, Representative of UNHCR, presented his Letter of Appointment to the Honourable Dato’ Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 2:15 pm, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Putrajaya.
Mr. Vernon is the 12th representative of UNHCR to Malaysia who replaces Mr. Volker Turk who had completed his tour of duty on 31 March 2008. Mr. Vernon, who is an American, started his career with the UNHCR in 1987 and had worked at the UNHCR representative office in Kuala Terengganu, from 1987 to 1991. His last post was as Head of Services, Organisational Development and Management Division in UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
The UNHCR presence in Malaysia was formalized in an Exchange of Letter between the Agency and Malaysia on 18 October 1975. The UNHCR primary function is to provide international protection to refugees and to seek solutions to their problems by assisting Malaysian Government to facilitate their assimilation, voluntary repatriation and re-settlement.
Although Malaysia is not a State Party to the 1951 Convention and its Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, it has not prevented Malaysia from cooperating with the UNHCR in addressing international refugee issues on humanitarian grounds.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA
16 December 2008
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.You are kindly suggested to contact UNHCR directly in person for any assistance. You have the rights to call the office for your protection.
You can ask Rohingya or Burmese Interpreter for help if you have any difficulty with the language.
General :
03 21171400 or 03 21411322
Arrest and Detention :
012 6305060 ( UNHCR HotLine, 9 am to 11 pm)
0326913005 ( Only for Arrest & Detention )
You can ask Rohingya or Burmese Interpreter for help if you have any difficulty with the language.
General :
03 21171400 or 03 21411322
Arrest and Detention :
012 6305060 ( UNHCR HotLine, 9 am to 11 pm)
0326913005 ( Only for Arrest & Detention )
