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Currently, Malaysia is known as a country with a broad immigration policy which is reflected in Malaysia's ethnic diversity. According to the 2010 census by the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Malaysia has more than 50 ethnic groups with at least 40% of Malaysians being a first- or second-generation immigrant; also around 30% of Malaysian ...
The 2.02 million Indian community in Malaysia is the smallest of the three main ethnic groups, comprising only 6.6% of the total population excluding non-citizens as of 2021. Indians were brought in to Malaysia during the British colonial period in late 18th century and early 19th centuries.
The name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malays and the Latin-Greek suffix -ia/-ία [20] which can be translated as 'land of the Malays'. [21] Similar-sounding variants have also appeared in accounts older than the 11th century, as toponyms for areas in Sumatra or referring to a larger region around the Strait of Malacca. [22]
As of 2010, Malaysians make up 0.4% of the world's total population, having relied upon immigration for population growth and social development.Approximately 30% of current Malaysians are first- or second-generation immigrants, and 20 percent of Malaysian residents in the 2000s were not born in Malaysian soil.
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After being promoted as head of Malaysia's Department of Immigration in 2017, Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali revealed that an internal audit and an investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had uncovered a passport fraud scheme being committed by officers in Selangor since 2014 that, according to MACC deputy commissioner Datuk ...
Throughout Malaysia: Enacted by: Dewan Rakyat: Enacted: 1959 (Ordinance No. 12 of 1959, Act No. 27 of 1963 and F.L.N. 226 of 1963) Revised: 1975 (Act 155 w.e.f. 1 May 1975) Enacted by: Dewan Negara: Effective [Peninsular Malaysia—1 May 1959; Sabah and Sarawak—16 September 1963] Amended by; Immigration (Amendment) Act 1961 [Act 6/1961]
At the 2016 Census 138,364 Australian residents stated that they were born in Malaysia. [37] As of 2006 census, there is around 14,547 Malaysian-born people lived in New Zealand. The Malaysian community in the UK is one of the west's largest, this is mainly due to the influence of the British Empire on Malaysia.