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Why Malaysia has not signed the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 and the Convention relating to the Stateless Persons 1961 despite being a United Nations member for more than 50 years? According to Foreign Ministry parliamentary secretary Ahmad Shabery Cheek, refugees will take jobs away from Malaysians. "Malaysia is an escape door to people from our neighbouring countries like the Philippines, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. And we all know that there are internal problems in these countries. However, he told Parliament today that the government had adopted a policy where refugees are given "temporary shelter" to those who need it. "For those who don't want to, we provide temporary shelter in countries recognised by UNHCR," said Ahmad Shabery. Ahmad Shabery that as of May, there were some 28,668 refugees from countries like Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, China, Somalia, Sudan, Sri Lanka and Burma in Malaysia. |
25 years of PKR: Reflecting on Anwar’s black eye, eruption of defiance in
Malaysia
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The black-eye that Anwar Ibrahim had when he was produced in court in 1998
galvanised opposition against the government of Dr Mahathir Mohamad 25
years ago.
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