FROM HARM TO HOME | Rescue.org IN SEARCH OF SURVIVAL AND SANCTUARY IN THE CITY: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA | 2 Table of Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Study Design & Methodology ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Findings and Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Migration History .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Livelihoods and Employment ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Housing and Household Profiles ................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Children and Youth .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Health and Well-Being ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Protection ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Access to Assistance and Services ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Priority Needs and Services ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Durable Solutions ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 II. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Background ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Purpose and Scope of the Study ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 III. METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Study Design ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Implementation .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Assessment Challenges and Limitations ................................................................................................................................................ 31 IV. DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN .................................................................................................................. 33 Location ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Gender .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Age ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Birthplace............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Ethnicity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Religion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Language Skills ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Family Situation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Education ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Documentation Status ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 V. FINDINGS .................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Migration History .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Livelihood and Employment................................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Health and Well-Being ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 46 FROM HARM TO HOME | Rescue.org IN SEARCH OF SURVIVAL AND SANCTUARY IN THE CITY: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA | 3 Housing and Household Profiles ................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Children and Youth .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Protection ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Access to Assistance and Services ............................................................................................................................................................. 61 Durable Solutions ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 65 VI. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................... 67 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 IRC Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Cover: A refugee and her daughter share a room with 14 other people on the 21st floor of a rundown high-rise building. Photo: Peter Biro. Next page: A Burmese Muslim boy in a mosque outside Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Peter Biro. FROM HARM TO HOME | Rescue.org IN SEARCH OF SURVIVAL AND SANCTUARY IN THE CITY: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA | 4 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY stateless persons from all parts of the globe have search of sanctuary and survival.1 Ninety- Myanmar/Burma.2 They have escaped armed conflict, attacks on their homes and