PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has accepted the Australian government’s decision to drop the plan to exchange refugees and asylum seekers that was agreed upon by both parties in July.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said in a statement that although the plan fell through, the efforts by both governments had attracted global attention to the various issues pertaining to refugees and asylum seekers.
“We have achieved a large part of our goal when the global community started to pay attention and responded to the swap arrangement,” he said.
“Our objective is to shed light on the welfare of refugees and emphasise the importance of playing a part in curbing the negative activities that are associated with asylum-seeking,” he added.
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