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Malaysia's commitment to asseverate about international human rights violations encouraging. Malaysia's participation is not merely a round table space but instead acts in helping the oppressed. One of Malaysia's latest commitments in receives Syrian refugees into Malaysia under the Syrian Migrants Temporary Relocation Programme in Malaysia. Our study seeks to explore the migrant challenges under this program. This study interviewed an official Malaysian Humanitarian Aid and Relief’s migrant officer; one Syrian refugee; and two Syrian migrants. Also, the study employs participant observation to acquire in-depth scenario in this program. Our findings show the program had benefited many Syrian migrants, living and working legally, enabling further studies in Malaysia and getting a 50 per cent discount at any government hospitals. Nevertheless, the program’s applicant divulges card management processes; waiting on the interview, the card's approval and renewal taking an extended period. Besides, we found that migrants who already had the card need to resend the card to obtain a working visa stamp with a working offer letter, and there were government agencies oblivious of the existence of this program, and there was an appropriate benefit given by the Malaysian government such as driving license and bank card. To sum up, the Malaysian government should empower and strengthen the management to be more systematized instead of persecuting Syrian migrants.