WE, the ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (DGICM) from ASEAN Member States namely, Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam;

RECOGNISING that the evolving threat from foreign terrorist fighters poses risk to the security and stability of the region and deeply affects religious tolerance, economic development as well as social cohesion of all countries concerned;

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