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Reaching Stateless, Undocumented and Migrant Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Author: M.A.K Baltazar and A.R. Cheong

Journal / Publisher: Statelessness and Citzenship Review

Volume / issue: 3

UN organisation / body / branch: UNHRC

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Description: Malaysia’s early successes in managing the pandemic were disrupted by a surge in cases which were disproportionately concentrated among non-citizens. These series of outbreaks, which began around May 2020 in Peninsular Malaysia, exposed the consequences of the Malaysian Government’s chronic marginalisation of its non-citizens. Stateless persons and undocumented migrants in Malaysia contend with a number of legal, social and economic exclusions that amplify their health risks, including a lack of eligibility for social safety net protections, cramped living conditions, employment in high-risk labour market sectors and the constant risk of arrest and detention. Rather than adopt more inclusive measures to manage the spread of COVID-19 among the most vulnerable segments of society, the Malaysian Government has doubled down on its exclusionary and punitive stance toward non-citizens. The Government’s protracted exclusion of undocumented and stateless populations has created a blind spot in Malaysia’s pandemic response, heightening non-citizens’ risk of exposure to infection, and undermining the COVID-19 management effort at national and regional levels

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Academic publication

Source

Academia : Individual Scholarship

Region

Asia / Pacific

Country

Malaysia

Theme

Covid-19
Discrimination
Lived Experience of Statelessness
Minorities

Framework

Regional Frameworks
UNHCR

Population/Community

Other population/community

Date published: Jul 28, 2021

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