Durable solution Refugees of the Philippines
the malaysian government criticised contrast policy in dealing refugees; different treatments have been compared between non-muslim vietnamese refugees being repatriated muslim filipino refugees still being maintained in country until day. in defending presence of filipino refugees, ghazali shafie home minister @ time justified position support of deputy prime minister mahathir mohamad:
their presence not have adverse effects on peace , order of country because intended go whereas presence of vietnamese immigrants have adverse consequences on country had no intention of returning homeland after war.
ghazali shafie, malaysian home minister.
most of filipino refugees issued imm13 documents malaysian government during mahathir administration, many of them have been controversially naturalised citizen.
repatriation of filipino refugees remain difficult due ongoing conflict in southern philippines. latest peace deal between government of philippines , moro islamic liberation front (milf) step towards peace , stability in southern philippines. milf have been welcoming return of filipino refugees malaysia peace being gradually restored in homeland. international monitoring team (imt) led malaysia monitoring ceasefire between philippine government , milf since 2010 , put hopes further new administration of philippine government put end refugee issues have plaguing bilateral relations between 2 countries.
group such mnlf under nur misuari have staging violent attacks oppose peace agreement between milf , philippine government forces latest major attack resulted in zamboanga city crisis in late 2013. presents definite obstacle repatriation , led new wave of refugees.
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