Burmese in Malaysia mostly comprise manual labourers and refugees.
The 2014 Myanmar Census enumerated 303,996 Burmese individuals living in Malaysia.
[1] As of November 2014, there are around 139,200 Burmese refugees registered under UNHCR for which 50,620 are Chins, 40,070 are Rohingyas, 12,160 Panthays and 7,440 others are Rakhines/Arakaneses.
[2] However, the Malaysian government does not officially recognise all newly arrived refugees as it may encourage more to enter Malaysia as Malaysian officials noted they may become a threat to national security.
[3] Many of the new workers and refugees have frequently fall into the hand of human traffickers and have been killed by other criminals.