APRIL 21 — I would like to refer to the incident of Malaysian Navy decision to push back the Rohingya boat to sea on April 16, 2020 as reported by Malay Mail on April 17, 2020. In a repeat of the humanitarian crisis that the region saw five years ago, Malaysia has actively pushed back boats and...
Putrajaya should welcome Rohingya boat refugees ashore on humanitarian grounds — Tengku Emma Zuriana Tengku AzmiAPRIL 21 — I would like to refer to the incident of Malaysian Navy decision to push back the Rohingya boat to sea on April 16, 2020 as reported byIn a repeat of the humanitarian crisis that the region saw five years ago, Malaysia has actively pushed back boats and turned desperate Rohingya people away from our shores.
We call on governments in the region to allow them immediate safe disembarkation, especially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations members to urgently agree to emergency measures to prevent another humanitarian crisis while accommodating governments’ existing Covid-19 restrictions at their borders. We fear that Asean will face a new humanitarian crisis while also battling a pandemic.
Asean governments signalled their solidarity in this difficult moment, therefore they must extend their compassion to those in immediate danger at sea. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has affirmed that states’ prerogative to regulate the entry of foreigners to their territories cannot — even in the context of a global pandemic — result in a denial of people’s right to seek asylum from persecution.
And after several waves of brutal military operations in 2016 and 2017, nearly one million Rohingya live in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh, dependent on humanitarian assistance for their survival.
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