Sabah set to issue foreigner cards for refugees, stateless people


Some of the participants at the town hall on Sabah's inland foreigners.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is set to go ahead with the issuance of a special foreigner card for migrants including refugees and stateless people broadly dubbed "inland foreigners”.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said the proposed foreigner identity card would be renewable annually and would focus on inland foreigners.

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