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Kula: Let the refugees already in M'sia do their jobs

The federal government should do the practical thing by allowing refugees already in the country to earn a living here, rather than invite a new influx of workers from abroad, said parliamentarian M Kulasegaran.

The Ipoh Barat MP - who is also a member of the Malaysian Parliament's Sir Lanka caucus - said figures compiled by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) hold that the country has 150,000 refugees, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants registered with the UN agency.

“Why bring in 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh when there are, and have been for a long time, one-tenth of that number here under the general category of refugees?” asked the DAP national vice-chair.

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