Stateless in a Hostile Land - Refugees in Kuala Lumpur (38 images)

Thousands of refugees make their way into Malaysia each year, fleeing from war, political oppression and poverty. However Malaysia, not currently a signatory to the UN convention on Refugees, is a challenging place to seek refuge. More than 20.000 people from Afghanistan to Myanmar hide in apartment blocks and jungles in order to evade Malaysian Authorities whose job it is to send them back where they came from. Many asylum seekers are Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority who were pushed out...
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Thousands of refugees make their way into Malaysia each year, fleeing from war, political oppression and poverty. However Malaysia, not currently a signatory to the UN convention on Refugees, is a challenging place to seek refuge. More than 20.000 people from Afghanistan to Myanmar hide in apartment blocks and jungles in order to evade Malaysian Authorities whose job it is to send them back where they came from. Many asylum seekers are Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority who were pushed out of Myanmar and are now stateless. They have been in Malaysia for nearly forty years, and have still not been recognised as anything more than illegal immigrants.
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