Stateless Children News Today

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 11 — Proposed legal changes that could close a pathway to citizenship will not address the country’s issue with stateless persons, according to an advocacy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — How did three siblings born in Malaysia to a Malaysian father become stateless? How did they become someone who is not a citizen of any country in the...

SEREMBAN, Jan 7 — R. Shivaani and her family can barely contain their excitement that the 10-year-old girl can return to school this coming March after missing out the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — A stateless 10-year-old girl who was denied schooling for the past year due to issues with her citizenship documentation has now been allowed back in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — The Education Ministry must provide clarification as to whether there are new schooling policies in place that may disrupt a stateless child from enrolment...

DECEMBER 23 ― Imagine being born in the land you call home, yet having no official right to be there. This is the harsh reality for thousands of Malaysians in Sabah, born...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) today urged the government to establish more Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) to provide...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The government could start with issuing temporary documentation to enable stateless children in Malaysia to attend national schools as a first step to...

Kuala Lumpur: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) today urged the government to establish more Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) to provide undocumented children in the country with access to education and a brighter future.

Kuala Lumpur: The government could start with issuing temporary documentation to enable stateless children in Malaysia to attend national schools as a first step to addressing their legal battle to gain citizenship that has plagued the country for decades.