KL wants UN action on migrant issue

Taking charge: Dr Ahmad Zahid chairing a meeting that included Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman (on Dr Ahmad Zahid’s right), officials of the Foreign Ministry and the office of Malaysia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York yesterday. Dr Ahmad Zahid will lead the Malaysian delegation at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly. — Bernama

NEW YORK: Malaysia has ex­­pressed concerns at what it described as lingering problems in resettling migrants and refugees in third countries.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that while Malaysia had never shirked its humanitarian assistance over the years, it was facing problems in resettling the existing refugee population in Malaysia in third countries which had taken years.