Refugees
ID cards for refugees: A step in the right direction
SUARAM welcomes the announcement by the Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam on the Government’s plans to issue identification cards to refugees recognised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We view this as a positive development towards the recognition of the right to seek asylum as enshrined in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand
We, the undersigned, condemn the actions in the last days of 2009 of some Asian governments in requesting, encouraging and performing the forcible deportation (refoulement) of refugees and asylum seekers from Cambodia and Thailand.
We demand that all governments in the Asia-Pacific region reaffirm the importance of the principle of non-refoulement of asylum seekers and refugees.
Stop the repatriation of the Sri Lankan refugees and asylum seekers now!
Urgent Appeal: 6 January 2010
Protection for All Migrants in Malaysia
Today marks International Migrants Day, a day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, which include “the design of actions to ensure their protection”[i].
Stop the Repatriation of the Sri Lankan Refugees Now!
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Launch of Nationwide Petition Campaign for the Recognition of Refugees in Malaysia
In conjunction with the exhibition opening of No Refuge: Burmese Refugees in Malaysia, SUARAM is also launching a nationwide campaign to collect signatures for a petition entitled, “Sign the Refugee Convention and Stop the Arrests, Detention and Deportation of Refugees!”
NO REFUGE: BURMESE REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA
Exhibition Opening!
Thursday, 15 October, 8pm
Officiated by YB Charles Santiago, MP for Klang
Featuring performances TBA
Immigration Detention Centres: How many more must die?
Joint Press Statement
25 September 2009
Q&A: Detainee tells of squalor, beatings in Malaysian camp
While incidents of refugee trafficking in Malaysia have diminished since the U.S. State Department’s Annual Report on Human Trafficking called attention to the country’s ranking among the world’s worst offenders, there has been no sign of a decrease in arrests of refugees — many of them Burmese — in Malaysia.
Malaysian detention camps are severely overcrowded as a result, and conditions are reportedly wretched, with limited or no access to clean water, medical treatment and food.