Last Change:

05/16/2025

Refugee Act of 1989

Year: 1989

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Asylum

Description

This Act establishes a legal framework for how Malawi identifies, admits, protects and regulates individuals who qualify as refugees. It creates a Refugee Committee to oversee status determinations, sets out refugees’ rights and obligations, provides for appeal and review mechanisms, and empowers the Minister to make detailed regulations. 

Selected provisions
Refugee Act of 1989 - Generic

Refugee Act of 1989 - Generic