PETALING JAYA: The government should give access to Immigration detention centres in the country to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), says the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam).
Its commissioner Jerald Joseph said that UNHCR had not had access to these centres since August last year, making it difficult for them to ascertain those with a genuine need to obtain refugee status.
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