NEW YORK: Developed nations should help bear the cost of managing refugees in countries like Malaysia.

Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stressed this in a meeting with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) during his working visit to the city.

He explained to IOM that Malaysia needed to give priority to many of its citizens who still required government assistance, but at the same time had to deal with refugee issues, including the Rohingya ethnic group from Myanmar.