User account menu. I'm just saying maybe it's a good idea to not hurt one another right now. 20. (I'm a bot). Bangladesh is under "no obligation" to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by … Picture taken May 18, 2020 Reuters. We see them as nuisance, the government see them as votes. they dont belong here anyway, never understood why keep coming here. by rohingyakhobor.com | Oct 22, 2020 | Rohingya Refugee Camp News. Is the conflict still happening right now in small scale within our soil? http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/gruesome-myanmar-communal-murders-grip-penang#i4GefL0RdYet2BEJ.97, http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/gruesome-myanmar-communal-murders-grip-penang#IeYKJvW8L6y4vZE8.97. A subreddit for Malaysia and all things Malaysian. Malaysia’s Rohingya refugee field hospital has been closed down. Like these poor people haven’t suffered enough. Imagine if you bring 2 groups of people who have bad blood over the past decades, and both sides have committed wrongs and been subjected to hate speech against each other. The government has reiterated that the migrants are illegal immigrants and threatened legal action against Rohingya advocacy groups, saying no Rohingya organisation had ever been officially registered in Malaysia. LEL RFA. Before he flew to Thailand on a fake Bangladeshi passport and then crossed into Malaysia, Mohammed Imran was one of the most influential Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Oh yeah, and the ones that did not show up for testing, the police were forced to track them down one by one which took weeks as they had no documentation and could have made the covid situation even worse in that few weeks. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts . 14 [MalayMail] Dr M: Rohingyas should be citizens or be given their own state | Malaysia. Are you certain that not a single one of them are foreign workers? For decades, Muslim-majority Malaysia welcomed Rohingya and largely turned a blind eye to their technically illegal employment in low-paying jobs. A subreddit for Malaysia and all things Malaysian. Because of this incident, its no wonder the populace turned against them. Archived. … Press J to jump to the feed. Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Rohingya#1 government#2 Malaysia#3 migrant#4 job#5. Seems every other country’s rushing to blame its minority population for this pandemic. By Subir BhaumikKolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) UN agencies, western governments, including the US, and global human rights groups have strongly opposed Malaysia's sudden repatriation of 1,084 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.This comes at a time when 90 Rohingyas, illegally heading for Malaysia from their camps in Bangladesh, have been stuck in a boat with engine failure off India's Andaman islands. A Rohingya protester reacting as others lined up after being arrested by Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Tourism & Travel. Which is why they're refugees? I guarantee you Malaysians will be caught in the time-bomb genocide between Rohingyas and Myanmars. It’s close to the way the PRC talks about ethnically Muslim peoples like the Uighur or Hue, surveilled, with minders in their homes, and herded into vast camps. Today Malaysian authority has stated that they will shut down the operation of their field hospitals in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar due to reduction of patients. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Many whom because of their undocumented status, were extremely hard to contact trace for and were heavily suspected and most likely to be super spreaders due to their difficulty in tracking them down to be contained. Disinformation — the intentional creation of false information — is fuelling the fire of outrage against this marginalised community. Rohingya children reciting poems in their own Rohingya language. You can't oppose racism just because you are inconvenienced by it, but embrace it otherwise. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. r/malaysia: A subreddit for Malaysia and all things Malaysian. Rohingya refugees sent to flood-prone Bangladesh island after months at sea. Online attacks on Rohingya have surged particularly after unfounded allegations that a Rohingya activist had demanded Malaysian citizenship. I guess I’m saying If I found myself speaking and thinking about a vulnerable, impoverished, stateless group of people in my home country the way these people do, I’d be concerned and rush to learn more. November 17, 2015. Subscribe. Bangladesh says will not take Rohingya refugees detained in Malaysia. We're gonna use the threat of the virus in order to fuel fears in the people and use said fear to increase hatred against those we don't like for no particular reason other than them being different. Services to Humanity. Also, disparity of the refugees across the country is vital to ensure that they don't mix around only with their own people. Press J to jump to the feed. A subreddit for Malaysia and all things Malaysian. Hot New Top. Log In Sign Up. The search began on Sunday when one of the refugees was found on the shore of Langkawi and told the Malaysian Maritime… In "Malaysia" 0. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. So, this wasn't much of an issue. 14 votes, 20 comments. 14. Not impossible that you hate all muslims in this world just because of some scumbag terrorist in arab world. “Malaysian authorities could and should have tested the Rohingya refugees for coronavirus and then appropriately isolated or quarantined them to prevent a possible transmission of the virus.” The Rohingyas aren't foreign workers la, how can you conflate the two. We Malaysian have enough problems on our own. It is, however, pretty stupid to import a large group of people who has a track record of violent insurgencies. 0. do you help your people or do you help illegal foreigners. Hot. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/four-myanmar-workers-killed-in-machete-attack-in-malaysia-01062017155602.html. Try a less agenda-driven source maybe? LATEST POSTS. How do you contact trace them? Another 200,000 reside in Pakistan and 100,000 more in Thailand. A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news. Yesterday the Malaysian authorities have found 26 Rohingya refugees on a nearby islet of Langkawi who went on missing on Saturday after they jumped off from the boat. We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. This was the last public report. Join. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. It’s been six months since as many as 1,000 Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar died in the Andaman Sea. The most dangerous thing in a pandemic right now are undocumented immigrants. Malaysian authorities detained about 270 Rohingya refugees from the boat who fled southern Bangladesh in April but were unable to dock The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 26 Rohingyas found near Langkawi. Medical infrastructure of every nation is being heavily strained by this global pandemic. So I would say this is more of a response from malaysians towards the illogical approach to the government in providing aid, as well as the ignorance shown by the Rohingyas in coming out to test which fuelled stigma to them especially now. A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news. Rohingyas targeted in Malaysia as coronavirus stokes xenophobia. Posted by. Close. Malaysia: Rohingya Refugees Hope for Little and Receive Less. Malaysian here! Mubarak’s journey, which began in Myanmar and led to Malaysia before she got to the United States, is similar to the nearly 2,000 Rohingya […] They are Myanmar nationals no? Filters. 20. In 2015, the world witnessed the exodus of the Rohingya migrants into the shores of neighboring Southeast Asian nations, namely Malaysia… First of all, we have an obligation as fellow human beings to help each other out. There's element of xenophobia, but it's a fair point being made. More than 86% are from Myanmar, including more than 100,000 Rohingya, 22,000 Chin, and 29,000 from other ethnic communities. Furthermore, there were a few (admittedly unverified) news circulating around social media with voice clips and videos from Rohingyas berating locals and threatening a particular race, and telling malaysians to "let them have" Selayang Market (one of the places I mentioned above that Rohingyas came to work and settle in the city), and this is further compounded by that illegal Rohingyas still arrive in droves to our stores even during the lockdown, as well as the fact that the government provides some form of aid to them (not sure if its money or food) whilst many of the poor, local malaysians continue to fend for themselves. In late 2017, at the peak of a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, Imran paid traffickers $4,720 to be smuggled into Malaysia in search of a better life.