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Rohingya community has no right to make demands to gov't, says home minister

The Rohingya community in Malaysia has no right to make demands on the government, said Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin.

He said Malaysia is not a signatory to the UN conventions on refugees, and hence have no legal or administrative framework to handle refugees.

Instead, refugees are not recognised in Malaysia and are classified as “unauthorised migrants holding UN High Commission for Refugees cards”...

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