Palestinian refugee influx may worsen issues in Sabah, says former assemblyman


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is not fit to receive any more refugees, seeing that its existing issue of stateless people has yet to be resolved, says former assemblyman Datuk James Ligunjang.

The Sabah rights activist said that the state has long struggled with the presence of refugees and undocumented migrants, especially from neighbouring countries.

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