Saturday, August 15, 2015

UNHCR in Malaysia told to stop issuing refugee card - Channel NewsAsia

UNHCR in Malaysia told to stop issuing refugee card - Channel NewsAsia: "The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia has been urged to stop issuing refugee cards without the consent of the Malaysian government.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim said the UNHCR should consult the Home Ministry and the Immigration Department before issuing the cards.

"The UNHCR office is doing it wrong by issuing the (refugee) cards without informing the Home Ministry and the Immigration Department.

"They (UNHCR) have no diplomatic status and should stop issuing the card immediately. I want the police to investigate how the card can be issued like that," he told reporters after opening the Alor Setar UMNO divisional delegates meeting here on Saturday.

He said Malaysia was not among the countries which signed the 1951 Convention on the Refugee Status or the 1967 Protocol."



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