TAPAH: Refugees successfully registered under the Refugee Registration Document Programme (DPP) will be matched with jobs as a temporary measure to resolve workforce issues in several sectors.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said this potential solution to the manpower issue would not compromise national security and safety.
"There are a high number of applications for foreign workers from five economic sectors.
"Manufacturing, construction, agriculture and plantations, for example, still need (foreign workers)," he told a press conference after a working visit to the Special Isolation and Asylum Seekers Centre in Bidor near here on Monday (May 18).
The DPP, which began on Jan 1, is meant to improving the management of refugees and asylum seekers in the country.
Saifuddin Nasution said migrants would have to go through a stringent process to be registered with the DPP.
He said individual information, including biometrics, facial recognition and voice recording would be recorded for improved monitoring.
"The DPP will have complete and credible data, and we can monitor (refugees) efficiently," he said.
Saifuddin Nasution also said that the refugees would not be staying in Malaysia for the long term.
He said their processing could be done in three ways.
"Firstly, they can be repatriated to their countries when it is safe for them, or secondly, when the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) finds a third country to take them in.
"Thirdly is by deportation for those who commit crimes and have been convicted in court," he said.
