KUALA LUMPUR: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is calling for a codified procedure on asylum-seekers in Malaysia as civil strife in Aceh intensifies.
According to UNHCR protection officer Shinji Kubo, the number of asylum-seekers had risen from 500 to 10,000 during the past three years. More than 5,000 were from the troubled Indonesian province.
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