Don’t duplicate UNHCR role, Putrajaya told


Noel Achariam

Activists say the government must work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which already has a mandate to protect refugees. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 5, 2022.

IT IS unnecessary and a procedural duplication for the government to register refugees and issue them with a refugee card as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been addressing this matter for years, refugee activist groups said.

They questioned the authorities on the implications, processes and management of this newly proposed registration, and if it will protect the data of the refugees.


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