A/HRC/44/40/Add.3 (a) Currently, we are providing healthcare services to all those who seek treatment at our health facilities regardless of their citizenship status. (b) Referring to the MOH Circular, all patients with life-threatening conditions irrespective of their citizenship status are provided with emergency treatment without having to pay the initial deposit (c) MOH has reviewed the Circular that all foreigners with certain infectious diseases [Malaria, Ebola, Plague, Yellow fever, Cholera, Typhoid & Tuberculosis (first line drugs only)] who are the confirmed cases or contacts of the confirmed cases (referred / walk-in) are exempted from paying the treatment fees. (d) Health services are provided to all patients without discrimination. However, the provision of health services and treatment in government facilities are subjected to fees as stipulated in the Fees Act of 1951 and Fees (Medical) (Cost of Services) Order 2014. (e) All foreign workers in Malaysia are required to have a health insurance policy hospitalization and surgical insurance scheme foreign workers (SKHPPA) a premium fee of RM120 year will cover RM20,000 hospital admission fee. • Therefore, ministry suggest to revise the statement “Millions of non-citizens including migrants, refugees and stateless people are face (from word) SEVERE to SOME barriers to accessing healthcare. • There are no records of stateless people in Malaysia as a person is recorded as either “citizen” based on evidence and valid documentation by the National Registration Department (NRD). Birth Registration in Malaysia • The laws governing the registration of birth in Malaysia are the Birth and Death Registration Act 1957, Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance 1948 (Sabah Cap.123) and Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance 1951 (Sarawak Cap.10). The laws stipulate that all children born in Malaysia, regardless of the nationality or the legal status of their parents, have access to formal birth registration procedures and birth certificates. Birth registration documents issued by NRD will be recorded with the status of either citizen or non-citizen according to the marital and citizenship status of the parents at the time of the birth. • The Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia (MOHA) through National Registration Department (NRD) has also conduct outreach programs to bring its services (birth registration) to the public who lives in geographically challenged areas • MOE upholds the best interest of the child under all circumstances and acknowledges the need for undocumented non-citizen children to access basic education. MOE continuously contributes towards the progress of fulfilling the rights to education to all. However, MOE has made reservations on Article 28 (a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which requires the State parties to provide free primary education to all children regardless of their citizenship status. MOE upholds the reservation by the fact that all policies pertaining to the rights to education for undocumented non-citizen or refugee children shall be in coherent with other legislations and policies by other ministries and agencies in Malaysia. • However, based on humanitarian grounds, to enable non-citizen children without proper documentations to get access to education, MOE has established a Policy of Alternative Education as a provision for non-citizen children to gain education in Malaysia. MOE has come up with proper guidelines for Community Learning Centre (CLC) and Alternative Learning Centre (ALC) as follows: (i) The establishment and registration of CLC which is an educational institution established by plantation owners to meet the educational needs of children of legitimate Indonesian plantation workers in Sabah and Sarawak, aged between 7 to 12 years old; and (ii) The establishment and registration of ALC to provide education to non-citizen children who are unable to gain access to formal schooling, whether in Government 38