As of end July 2008, there are some 41,400 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Malaysia.
67% of refugees and asylum-seekers are men, while 33% are women. There are some 11,200 children below the age of 18.
For more refugee stories in statistics, visit the UNHCR global website. UNHCR seeks to contribute to informed decision-making and public debate by providing accurate, relevant and up-to-date statistics. This site provides data, trends and statistical reports on the “People of concern to UNHCR”: refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, internally displaced and stateless persons in more than 150 countries.