Background

As of end January 2023, there are some 183,790 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with the UNHCR Malaysia. Globally, UNHCR estimates that global forced displacement has reached 103 million on mid-2022. At the same time, there are an estimated 3.5 million economic migrant workers in Malaysia, while the number of international students is around 170,000. Making Malaysia the largest migrant-receiving country in Southeast Asia.