Africans in Malaysia or African Malaysians, are people of full or partial African descent who were born in or immigrated to

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Large-scale, uncontrolled immigration from Africa to Malaysia is only a recent phenomenon, with

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

and the rest of Asia traditionally being the largest sources of migration to Malaysia. Africans in Malaysia are of diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. A majority of Africans in Malaysia originate from

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. Most originally came posing as students, businessmen and tourists, but the vast majority overstayed their visa and ended up as illegal residents in Malaysia. Immigration of Africans to Malaysia and other Asian countries has become increasingly common due to tighter restrictions on immigration in Europe. In 2012, around 79,352 Africans entered Malaysia legally. They were issued with a total of 25,467 student visas. There are quite a number of mixed Malaysian-African population. Among the most notable, Aya Amiruddin a Tiktok Influencer.

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{{Ethnic groups in Malaysia African African diaspora in Malaysia Immigration to Malaysia

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