Issuance of UNHCR cards to Rohingya refugees will be reviewed, says Home Minister


LARUT: The government will review the issuance of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards to Rohingya refugees in the country, says Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin (pic).

The Home Minister said the study had to be done following the escape of hundreds of Rohingya detainees from the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot near Bandar Baharu on Wednesday (April 20).

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