Tag Archives: Malaysia

Undocumented does not mean illegal – an update on stateless communities in Sabah and Sarawak

Sabah and Sarawak

In a previous blog I wrote about the many stateless people living in the states of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia and the plight that they face as the authorities in Malaysia ignore the true extent of the problem.  Sabah and Sarawak states are on Borneo Island, part of East Malaysia. In this blog, I look again at the challenges …

I am a person from here – the Sabah stateless struggling without citizenship in Malaysia

Sabah stateless

In this blog I consider the stateless population in Sabah state, part of Malaysia, how and why they are in this precarious position and what, if anything, Malaysia is doing to reduce the number of stateless people in Sabah.   Who are the Sabah stateless? Sabah is a state in Malaysia and part of the island of Borneo.  Sabah became …