While States have primary responsibility for determining refugee status, UNHCR may conduct RSD in countries and territories that are not party to the 1951 Convention, ... “Strategic use of RSD” can ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A new identity card issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) can be verified with a smartphone.

Asylum Statistics Based on statistics shared by PIBA with UNHCR, since the handover of responsibility for RSD from UNHCR to the Ministry of Interior in July 2009, refugee status has been granted in ...

At one level it might appear that UNHCR - by simply continuing to carry out RSD and resettlement on behalf of Malaysia - is not "devolving" new responsibilities to itself under this agreement.

MUCH of the commentary on this week's High Court challenge to the government's plan to transfer some unauthorised arrivals to Malaysia has missed one of the key issues.