26. Good to provide them documents: UNHCR

Good to provide them documents: UNHCR

Published on: Friday, January 18, 2013 www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=84014

Kota Kinabalu: A REPRESENTATIVE from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Paul Allen Vernon, in his evidence, said the Sabah Government had invited the body to work together with the state over Filipino refugees in the state.
He said the UNHCR had been working together with the state from 1977 until 1987, and that the body still monitored and contacted the task force to get updates on refugee issues in Sabah.
The witness also said that it was important for the government to provide the refugees with some form of documentation or a path for citizenship to avoid problems with the next generation of refugees.