Article 79GRJ Myanmar refugee community in Malaysia fears repatriation to their homeland

Myanmar refugee community in Malaysia fears repatriation to their homeland

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editors@theworld.org (Dave Grunebaum)
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Refugees and asylum-seekers have been going to Malaysia from Myanmar for decades. There are now hundreds of thousands in Malaysia. Most of them are ethnic minorities fleeing persecution, economic hardship and, most recently, a civil war. They were once welcomed in Malaysia, to do the jobs most Malaysians didn't want to do. Now, many refugees and asylum-seekers from Myanmar in Malaysia worry they have bullseyes on their backs. Dave Grunebaum reports.

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