Common Claims - Malaysia From 2018 To 2021 ​

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The Department of Home Affairs released a Country of Origin Information Services Section (COISS) reference document on Malaysia prepared from March 2018 onwards, designed to support protection visa claims assessment. The document compiles country origin information on common claims relevant to Australia's 1951 Refugee Convention obligations. It systematically addresses persecution claims across multiple categories: ethnicity (Bumiputera policy, Chinese and Indian discrimination), religion (religious freedom, discrimination, Sharia law, interfaith marriages, conversion issues, and specific treatment of Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus), particular social groups (LGBTI individuals, women, economic hardship), political opinion (opposition parties, freedom of expression and assembly), state protection (law enforcement capability, corruption, judiciary, crime), and domestic violence. The document provides structured analysis of protection visa grounds applicable to Malaysian claimants, drawing solely from open-source materials available on CISNET for use in visa determination