NO SAFE HAVEN Country Stakeholder Recommendation Bangladesh Government Fully implement existing legal safeguards that can prevent statelessness, including by ensuring universal birth registration for all children born in the country, including refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants. Government Officially register Rohingya children born in Bangladesh in the civil registry to make sure there is a record of their date and place of birth. Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Bangladesh Implement existing nationality legislation to ensure that children born to one Bangladesh and one Rohingya parent, who are entitled to Bangladeshi nationality, can acquire it in practice. Amend the 1951 Citizenship Act to allow children born to Bangladeshi mothers before 31 December 2008 to acquire Bangladeshi citizenship. Malaysia Government Remove administrative obstacles to birth registration, including by simplifying birth registration procedures, reducing documentary requirements, and de-linking birth registration with marriage registration. Government, UN, civil society Raise awareness of the importance of birth registration among refugee, asylum-seeker and migrant communities, and provide financial and other support to families to register newborn children. Government Cooperate fully with UNHCR to enable the organization to fulfil its mandate towards stateless people, including by providing technical advice on adequate measures to eradicate all statelessness, whether de jure or de facto. Government Enact a comprehensive legal framework to provide international protection for refugees and asylum-seekers in line with international human rights law and standards. Government Respect the principle of non-refoulement and make sure that no one is transferred or coerced to move to a state or territory where their lives or safety would be at risk. All movement to a new territory or state must be voluntary, and refugees must be provided with free, accurate and unbiased information about the conditions and services available there. Government Put in place measures to regularize all UNHCR cardholders, permitting their legal temporary stay in the country. Government Fully implement the 2016 Presidential Regulation, and allocate sufficient financial and technical resources to do so. Indonesia Thailand Malaysia Indonesia Bangladesh Myanmar Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Bangladesh Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Bangladesh Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Bangladesh Malaysia Indonesia Consider undertaking registration of asylum-seekers jointly with UNHCR. continued on next page 30