UNHCR registers Acehnese asylum seekers in detention camp

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been given access to the group of asylum seekers who were arrested by police on Tuesday outside the agency's office in Kuala Lumpur.

Its refugee eligibility coordinator Evan Ruth said several protection officers who went to the Langkap detention camp in Perak on Wednesday were able to register the detainees.

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