APRIL 28 — On the recent incident of Malaysian authority turning away a vessel trafficking some 200 Rohingya refugees from our shore after providing food, Agora Society would like to assert that: 1. Generally, vessels used to carry refugees are overloaded beyond their capacity and thus...
Tuesday, 28 Apr 2020 09:58 AM MYT
2. Instead of turning them away, the government should have offered a temporary place of safety to these passengers for the purpose of testing them for coronavirus as well as identifying their origins and nationalities. Respective embassy or high commission should be contacted for further action should nationalities be identified.
4. The government should urge the public to immediately stop the dissemination of certain inflammatory contents on the internet, such as the fake news of a Rohingya named Zafar Ahmad demanding Malaysian citizenship, and call for a halt to all forms of attack — be it verbal or physical — on Rohingyas to ensure their personal safety and security; any threat of physical violence by any party against any individual must be thoroughly investigated.
All this has rendered the refugees susceptible to abuses and exploitation by law enforcement officers and employers alike. For instance, contrary to the accusation that the Rohingyas have monopolised the Selayang Pasar businesses, it is the stall owners who have in fact rented out their stalls to Rohingya refugees and Burmese for easy money while leaving them to do the hard work.
If there is anything we should learn throughout this Covid-19 outbreak, it is the fact the viral infection does not discriminate against anyone. Ensuring healthcare for refugees also means the country is more protected and secure from transmittable diseases.
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