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2021 Statelessness & Citizenship Review 3(1) Figure 4: ANAK team members delivering food aid to communities in need. D Loss of Livelihoods On 18 March 2020, the Malaysian Government instituted a nationwide Movement Control Order (‘MCO’), which closed down all government and private premises except essential services such as healthcare, utilities and supermarkets. Roadblocks were set up and movement was restricted, with only one person allowed to go out for the purposes of getting basic necessities or medication within 138

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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

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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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