KUALA LUMPUR: As of April-end, there were 154,140 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia.
UNHCR Representative in Malaysia, Richard Towie said the majority of them were from Myanmar.
A total of 139,780 refugees and asylum-seekers were from Myanmar, with the rest coming from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine and other nations, he said.
He said this at a press conference after attending the launch of ‘Odysseys: A Photographic Exhibition of the Asia and Europe Refugee Crises’ organised by Agence France-Presse here today.
He said 68 per cent of the refugees and asylum-seekers comprised males while 34,600 were children below the age of 18. --Bernama