Yesterday, Malaysia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar, said that from 2003 to 2021, Malaysia could only send 8,312 Rohingya refugees to third countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, and Japan.
He said, “The United States had been taking in the most number of refugees, with over 7,000 people while Finland, only took one in the past 18 years, so the results were not very encouraging.”
At Dewan Rakyat, he said, “As such, we need to continue to work with countries around the world, especially through ASEAN.”
Malaysian ministry is working with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to seek ways to speed up the resettlement of Rohingya refugees in third countries.
Kamarudin said, “Malaysia had also repeatedly stressed that our country cannot afford to accommodate the increasing number of Rohingya refugees and had called on the international community to come forward to help find a lasting solution.”
He also added that Malaysia had strongly urged Myanmar to implement the recommendations submitted by the ASEAN-Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT) as well as the Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA).
“This is to ensure that the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar is voluntary, carried out safely and with dignity and that the number of refugees heading for Malaysia is reduced,” he said.
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