KUALA LUMPUR – Holders of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) card are encouraged to immediately register with the Tracking Refugees Information System (TRIS) for the purpose of monitoring, assistance, and employment opportunities.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said only those registered with the TRIS system and with a special MyRC identity card can be considered for access to facilities provided by the government.
Hamzah said the facilities include public health services, education at registered alternative guidance centres, job opportunities and training, especially in the plantation, construction, and manufacturing sectors.
He said it can also make it easier for the government to efficiently monitor the whereabouts of special cardholders through the implementation of various new initiatives that will be introduced later.
“Although Malaysia has a firm stance of not recognising refugees, on humanitarian principles, the government still manages the group on a case-by-case basis," he told reporters after conducting a survey at the TRIS Registration Centre in Sg Buloh, Selangor today.
Hamzah said the reregistration of UNHCR cardholders into the system will go through a more thorough profiling process using advanced technology with high-security features, and needs to be verified by the Home Affairs Ministry.
On July 22, the government approved TRIS to be widely applied to all UNHCR cardholders in the country.
Hamzah was reported on July 23 as saying that the system was approved to ensure that all data of individuals holding UNHCR cards are reregistered with TRIS, to identify the whereabouts of refugees.
TRIS is a Malaysian database system that relates to the status of UNHCR cardholders and asylum seekers, and also updates management and profile processes along with data collection, registration, profile storage, analysis, and reporting processes for the Malaysian government. – Bernama, September 7, 2022
