Muhyiddin: Refugee children born here don't get automatic citizenship

By MARTIN CARVALHO, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, RAHIMY RAHIM and TARRENCE TAN

KUALA LUMPUR: Citizenship is not given to children born to refugee parents in Malaysia, says Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

"There are children born here to refugees who are married, or those who get married here.

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