MENTAKAB: Refugees from Myanmar are not eligible for the Comprehensive Legalisation Programme for Illegal Immigrants (6P), Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said Friday.
This, he said, was because they were covered and protected under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the government could not interfere into their affairs.
"According to the UNHCR law, they are placed in the country temporarily pending their transfer to countries which are willing to accept them.
"These refugees are not allowed to work as their welfare is being taken care of by UNHCR," he added.
He was responding to complaints from the Myanmar refugees who claimed they had been laid off by employers who wanted to avoid problems with the Immigration Department in the course of registering them for the 6P programme. Subramaniam said the refugees could not blame the government for the problem.
"They have to discuss this problem (laid off) with the Home Ministry because if they really want to work, they have to get special permission from the Home Ministry," he told reporters after presenting personal identification documents under the MyDaftar campaign here on Friday.
He said the 6P programme was only for illegal immigrants.
Source : TheStarOnline
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