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Nam DarBu, Burmese (Karen) refugee living in Kuala Lumpur/Andrew McConnell/Panos Pictures/The IRC
Chapter III – Refugee Situations in Focus
between refugees and undocumented
migrants, 74 and without a protected
legal status refugees are at constant
risk of arrest, detention and deportation.
Refugees are unable to work
legally, send their children to school, or
access healthcare or social services.
For 2014, UNHCR plans to submit 14,150
Burmese refugees for resettlement
from Malaysia, contributing to making
it the country with the highest number
of resettlement submissions worldwide
planned for 2014. Total resettlement
needs are 123,760 Burmese refugees. 75
In addition to annual intakes by Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and the US
have multi-year resettlement commitments
with regard to this population.
74 2013 UNHCR country operations profile Malaysia
75 UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2014
European countries including Czech
Republic, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
have resettled Burmese refugees.
Identification of resettlement needs is
challenging due to the urban context, 76
although UNHCR accepts referrals for
resettlement assessment from refugee
communities and NGOs, particularly
those involved in health and community
services in urban settings.
Certain NGOs have pointed out that
resettlement from Malaysia should be
used more strategically and be used
to promote an adequate protection
system in Malaysia, where most refugees
have remained in this protracted
situation for decades without a
durable solution in sight.
76 Amnesty International, Abused and Abandoned
Refugees denied rights in Malaysia, June 2010