Refugee News in Highlight

• Ms. Cathy Walker, EC Chairman of UNHCR office in Geneva will visit UNHCR office in Malaysia on May 8, 2009 and meet with UNHCR staffs and refugee community leaders. (Ref: ACR)
• UNHCR office in Malaysia will issue Refugee News Letter once in three months.(Ref: ACR)
• UNHCR office in Malaysia re-accepts the pregnant women for registration but only those who got pregnant before May 1 will be registered.
• 3 new clinics for HIV and other vulnerable patients will be opened for refugees. And the clinic will start from June. The clinic needs 3 volunteer nurses and 8 workers. Those who are interested in volunteering can upload their application to UNHCR office in Malaysia before April 30. (Ref: ACR)
• Srilinka Refugee Organization visited ACR school on April 21, 2009. The visitors were two Sirilanka refugee leaders, Mis. Adna and an interpreter from UNHCR office. There are over 2000 Srilinka refugees in Malaysia. (Ref: ACR)
• Malaysian police ASP Mohd Roslan Abdullah arrested the woman who offered him RM862 to release her husband who had been nabbed in a drug raid in Saleng Tuesday. District police chief Superintendent Zulkefly Yahya said the woman is a holder of a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees card. (Ref: New Strait Times. 22/4/2009)