{"id":276,"date":"2016-12-26T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T08:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/?p=276"},"modified":"2016-12-26T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T08:41:45","slug":"envoy-moots-special-card-to-legalise-protect-stateless-rohingya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/envoy-moots-special-card-to-legalise-protect-stateless-rohingya\/","title":{"rendered":"Envoy moots special card to legalise, protect stateless Rohingya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tool-box\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">BY KAMLES KUMAR<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"caption-box pull-left\"><span class=\"img-caption\">Organisation of Islamic Countries special envoy to Myanmar Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar speaks during a press conference after distributing aid to the Rohingya community in Taman Selayang, Gombak December 26, 2016. \u2014 Pictures by Yusof Mat Isa<\/span><\/span>KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 \u2014 A special immigration card to identify and confer legal status to the stateless Rohingya community should be established, Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) special envoy to Myanmar Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar suggested today.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than relying on the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) card which identified refugees, the proposed new system would enable the Rohingya to be legally employed, receive medical attention and their children enrolled into legit schools, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must have a system of registration. It would be easy for them to get jobs and make them not illegal. A card system like the immigration card can be issued to them,\u201d he told a news conference after handing out welfare aid to the Rohingya community here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The UNHCR cards only show that they are refugees. We want them to have rights before problems in their country is solved under international laws,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Syed Hamid also said that while Malaysia accepts the Rohingyas escaping their conflict-riddled home state in Myanmar, there is currently no structured framework in place to prevent the people from being exploited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to structure ourselves properly. We cannot be like now\u2026 so that they can get healthcare, go to school and get rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt present in Malaysia, they are all over the place. We don\u2019t want them to be exploited by any groups,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption-box pull-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/images\/sized\/ez\/20161226_ROHINGYA_AID_06_620_413_100.jpg\" alt=\"Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar (right) is pictured distributing aid to the Rohingya community in Taman Selayang, Gombak December 26, 2016.\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><span class=\"img-caption\">Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar (right) is pictured distributing aid to the Rohingya community in Taman Selayang, Gombak December 26, 2016.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former foreign minister also urged Putrajaya come up with a policy for the Rohingya, with urgent attention on education for their children.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Syed Hamid also deflected criticism on Malaysia\u2019s delay in signing 1951 UN Refugee Convention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are an open country. We are a maritime state. If we open our shores, a lot of refugees will come in. That is why we are careful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia recently became vocal against the persecution of the Rohingya who are predominantly Muslims from the Rakhine state of Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has expressed concern over the Myanmar government\u2019s treatment of the Rohingya, highlighting that over 50,000 has fled here and pose a significant security and safety issue to Malaysia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/malaysia\/article\/envoy-moots-special-card-to-legalise-protect-stateless-rohingya\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KAMLES KUMAR Organisation of Islamic Countries special envoy to Myanmar Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar speaks during a press conference after distributing aid to the Rohingya community in Taman Selayang, Gombak December 26, 2016. \u2014 Pictures by Yusof Mat IsaKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 \u2014 A special immigration card to identify and confer legal status [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,4,38,3,17,12,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arakanwatch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}