Any decision to allow hiring of refugees to work will be based on Home Ministry data, says Saifuddin


PUTRAJAYA: Any decision to allow refugees to work in selected sectors will be based on data obtained by refugee registrations conducted by the Home Ministry, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The Home Minister, when met at the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Hari Raya open house at its headquarters here Tuesday (May 9), said that the decision to put the Home Ministry in charge of the registration and data collection was made by the Cabinet "recently."

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