PETALING JAYA: Asylum-seekers should not be treated as illegal immigrants and be arrested, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kuala Lumpur said yesterday.
“Under international law, asylum- seekers are different from illegal immigrants, and should not be treated as illegal immigrants,” UNHCR spokesman Evan Ruth said in an interview, noting however, that Malaysian law did not provide for this distinction to be made.
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