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Sarawak becomes the first state in Malaysia to offering a third and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines using the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for high-risk individuals who had received their second dose of that vaccine at least six months ago.
2021-10-13

The foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand meet in Kuala Lumpur to discuss people smuggling and the migrant crisis. Malaysia and Indonesia agree to accept asylum seekers providing that they can be resettled or repatriated within a year.
2015-05-20

The High Court of Australia finds that a group of 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers were legally detained by Australian authorities at sea. The government acted lawfully and the group is not entitled to damages.
2015-01-28

Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian territory to legalize same-sex marriage while the Government of Australia launches a legal challenge in the High Court.
2013-10-22

The High Court of Australia grants an injunction against the removal of asylum seekers to Malaysia until a full hearing later this month.
2011-08-8

Asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre off the Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia start a hunger strike in protest at their deportation to Malaysia.
2011-08-6

Australia and Malaysia sign a pact to exchange asylum seekers in Kuala Lumpur.
2011-07-25

Both houses of the Parliament of Australia vote to condemn a proposal to send asylum seekers to Malaysia.
2011-06-16

Asylum seekers stage another riot at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre burning parts of the Australian government facility.
2011-03-17

The High Court of Australia finds that Australia's offshore processing of asylum seekers denies procedural fairness.
2010-11-11