Instrument of Declaration of Malaysia as a Declared Country under Subsection 198A(3) of the Migration Act 1958

AS A DECLARED COUNTRY UNDER SUBSECTION 198A(3) OF THE MIGRATION ACT 1958

I, CHRIS BOWEN,  Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subsection 198A(3) of the Migration Act 1958 ("the Act"), DECLARE that Malaysia:

1. provides access, for persons seeking asylum, to effective procedures for assessing their need for protection; and
2. provides protection for persons seeking asylum, pending determination of their refugee status; and
3. provides protection to persons who are given refugee status, pending their voluntary repatriation to their country of origin or resettlement in another country; and
4. meets relevant human rights standards in providing that protection.

Dated 25 July 2011

CHRIS BOWEN

 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.

[NOTE 1.Subsection 198A(3) provides that the Minister may declare in writing that a specified country provides access for persons seeking asylum to effective procedures for assessing their needs for protection and provides protection for persons seeking asylum pending determination of their refugee status and provides protection to those assessed as refugees pending their voluntary repatriation to their country or origin or resettlement in another country and meets human rights standards in providing protection.]