Malaysia and Australia One-off Deal

Malaysia and Australia is expected to sign an agreement in which Malaysia would take 800 asylum seekers in exchange for the resettlement of 4,000 of Australia's refugees today.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/7/25/nation/9166039&sec=nation

According to BBC News:

"Malaysia is home to tens of thousands of illegal migrants and is not a signatory to UN conventions on refugees."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14245568

I just found out about this information, so for further elaboration on UN conventions of refugees:

http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49da0e466.html