Most of refugees in Malaysia are described as illegal immigrant. There are reported that most of the current refugees are from Myanmar. There are also sizable “stateless person” group who came from the conflict areas of southern Philippines. These refugees and stateless persons are often leaving in a limbo, not only because they do not possess proper identifications. But also because Malaysia is not the signatory of the UN Convention and Protocols on refugees. They are then are not recognized by the Malaysian government and do not possess any rights under Malaysian laws. However, the recent years the government has relented and provided some of them with temporary residential permit which is IMM 13 where they can stay but not work or partake in public education in the country. This presents a difficult dilemma; they are allowed to stay but not given any means to survive. The Rohingya, a persecuted minority has faced decades of harsh treatment and made stateless by the military government of Myanmar. To escape from this severe repression, most Rohingya flee to Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. In Malaysia, this community has been living invisibly for more than three decades. Just like other refugees, The Rohingya is not allowed to work Iegally. This study has look at the situation of these refugees in light of the current laws in Malaysia. With the effort and willingness that is shown by government in addressing the issue of refugee especislly Rohingya, it is the light of hopes to make it the ideas come true even a time in revising the idea.
