An ethnic Rohingya refugee woman residing in Malaysia, feeds her baby near the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kuala Lumpur, in this August 11, 2015 photo.

The United Nations has praised the Kingdom for helping over 250,000 Burmese live and work in the country over the past few decades.

A delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, during a recent visit to the Burmese Status Correction Commission headquarters in Makkah, said the Kingdom’s “leading role” on this matter should be an example to the rest of the world.

The Kingdom had announced on the sidelines of the meeting that it had corrected the status of 250,000 Burmese people, with 123,000 having acquired residency cards, a local publication reported recently.

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, said recently in a press statement that the Kingdom has been upgrading areas where these people live.

He said the developments have taken into account the health, social and other needs of the community, and was based on Islamic principles that form the basis of the country’s government.

“The Kingdom also provides education for their children and training of young people so that they can find jobs in the private sector through the Ministry of Labor.”

Prince Faisal bin Mohammad, chairman of the standing committee to correct the status of the Burmese, said the visit follows the Kingdom receiving positive support for its humanitarian efforts.

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