Plans for own refugee card


PUTRAJAYA: There is a plan by the Home Ministry to issue its own refugee card instead of allowing the one by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), says its Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

“We are looking for a way to only accept refugee cards issued by agencies under the Home Ministry, not by the UNHCR.

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