WE welcome the announcement of a government decision on the rights of refugees to legal employment, with great hopes of a favourable resolution by the Malaysian Cabinet (“Govt to decide on allowing refugees to work in Dec”, The Star, Nov 18; online at bit.ly/star_decision). This announcement has been long awaited by many advocating for and supporting this population of communities and individuals currently seeking refuge in Malaysia from war and terror in their home nations.
In April 2019, a refugee-led advocacy campaign group was formed, consisting of refugee leaders and representatives of various communities, such as the Rohingya, Chin, Myanmar Muslim, Palestinian and others. This group, ReAct (Refugee Action for Change), was founded after a consultation event on refugee issues that was attended by refugee community leaders and representatives, advocate NGOs, the UNHCR refugee agency, and officers from the Malaysian government.
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