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Title:	The rights of refugee children with disabilities in Malaysia
Authors:	Norita Azmi (P90577)
Supervisor:	Salawati Mat Basir, Associate Professor Dr.
Keywords:	Emigration and immigration -- Malaysia Emigration and immigration law -- Malaysia Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	11-Dec-2020
Description:	Malaysia is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which was signed and ratified on 17 February 1995 but not a party to the 1951 Convention on the Status of the Refugee. This conundrum had made it difficult for Malaysia to implement obligations under the CRC. Malaysia stands firm that it is not obligated to provide protection to refugee children with disabilities Nonetheless, Malaysia has introduced several policies and applied its discretion in dealing with issues and treatments involving refugee groups. All treatments provided to refugee are based on humanitarian grounds. Norway was chosen as a benchmark to analyse how the best interest of a child is of paramount consideration in ensuring equal rights and protection regardless of their status. This research examines the protections under CRC on refugee children with disabilities in Malaysia. The field study involved respondents from among Rohingya communities residing within Klang Valley, The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) and Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV). The qualitative research is done through several approaches including survey, interview, library research and literature reviews of authentic documents from the stated agencies which enable the researcher to attain a complete and comprehensive study. The findings of the research concluded that to date there is no protection and specific assistance that is being provided to refugee children with disabilities. While the research identified several constraints which led to the lack of protection of rights and welfare of refugees in Malaysia, the main factor remains the resolute stand of the Malaysian Government against ratifying the 1951 Convention. Notwithstanding, Malaysia continue to accord preferential treatments to protect the rights of refugee children with disabilities, for example by providing 50% discount (of the total fee imposed) on almost all medical treatments in public hospital. As a conclusion, and taking cognisance of the provisions in (or based on the intention of) the Child Act 2001, this research made several recommendations to respective authorities and agencies to, specifically, better protect the rights and the best interest of the refugee children with disabilities, and refugee children in general.,Ph.D.
Pages:	261
Call Number:	C53.NOR 2020 2 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Law / Fakulti Undang-undang

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