the plight of Rohingya in Malaysia

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the plight of Rohingya in Malaysia

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sad state if ur a Rohingya where ever you are nowadays

Once one of the countries most supportive of the Rohingya, Malaysia has become increasingly hostile to the persecuted group, leaving many fearful of arrest and struggling to work or attend schools.
In 2017, the Myanmar military launched a violent crackdown on the Rohingya population, killing thousands of civilians and sending more than 750,000 fleeing across the border to Bangladesh. There they joined around 250,000 fellow Rohingya refugees who had fled previous military purges, including Amir’s family, which was already in Bangladesh. The United Nations described the crackdown as “textbook ethnic cleansing” while the United States has since labeled it a genocide.

Attitudes towards the Rohingya have shifted in Malaysia over the years, with sympathy peaking around 2016 or 2017, but descending into a frenzy of suspicion and racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rahmat Abdul Karim, president of the Rohingya Society in Malaysia, said the community faces many challenges in Kuala Lumpur, from accessing healthcare and education to employment and other obstacles.

He said refugees receive discounts at hospitals if they are registered with the UN refugee agency, but this process is “very long and very slow”, leaving many with impossibly huge medical bills.

“Some of the hospital administrators, if the person is unregistered they will report them to immigration,” he said, adding that he knows of young mothers who were sent to detention centres almost immediately after giving birth.

Thousands of Rohingya have been arrested in Malaysia for entering the country illegally, facing indefinite detention because they can’t be deported back to Myanmar, which has long refused to grant citizenship to the Muslim minority group.
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