Malaysia detains hundreds of Rohingya and migrants despite health risks

The Washington Post 
Miriam Berger
May 2, 2020

Rohingya refugees stand in line to get food April 15 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Shafiqur Rahman/AP) 

 

Malaysia has rounded up and detained hundreds of undocumented migrants in what authorities said was part of an effort to maintain movement restrictions in the country and contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Human rights groups, however, criticized the arrests, which have included Rohingya refugees and children, and subsequent detentions, as the coronavirus spreads easily in such places as detention centers.

Migration is a growing issue, but it remains a challenge to define who actually is a migrant

PHYS.ORG
by Akhteruz Zaman And Jahnnabi Das, 
The Conversation, May 21, 2019

The largest number of migrants in South Asia move to the neighbouring country. Credit: www.shutterstock.

 

According to the United Nations, more people live in a country other than their place of birth today than ever before.

The 2017 migration statistics show that about 34 people out of every 1,000 lived away from their place of birth. This number was over 31 in 2010, and 28 in 2000.

Although the number of migrants is expected to grow, a clear understanding of contemporary migration remains a challenge.

Defining who is a migrant

Malaysia Says 200 Rohingya Migrants Still at Sea After Latest Arrival

NEWS18
Reuters
Updated:April 8, 2019,

Scores of Rohingya Muslims have boarded boats in recent months to try to reach Malaysia, part of what authorities fear could be a new wave of people smuggling by sea after a 2015 crackdown on trafficking.

Kuala Lampur: Malaysian authorities on Monday were on the lookout for boats believed to be carrying up to 200 Rohingya after dozens of migrants were found near a beach in the country's north.

Scores of Rohingya Muslims have boarded boats in recent months to try to reach Malaysia, part of what authorities fear could be a new wave of people smuggling by sea after a 2015 crackdown on trafficking.

37 Rohingya Muslims found on Malaysian beach

ALARABIA

Reuters, 

Kuala Lumpur Monday, 

8 April 2019

 

 

Thirty-seven people believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were found on a beach in northern Malaysia on Monday, police said, the latest arrivals in what authorities fear could be a new wave of people smuggling by sea.

Dozens of Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh have boarded boats in recent months to try to reach Malaysia, which had seen a decline in arrivals after a 2015 crackdown on trafficking.

Malaysia says 200 Rohingya migrants still at sea after latest arrival

REUTERS
April 8, 2019 /

Rozanna Latiff

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities on Monday were on the lookout for boats believed to be carrying up to 200 Rohingya after dozens of migrants were found near a beach in the country’s north.

A group believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar are seen in a border security office, before being handed over to the immigration authorities, in Kuala Perlis, Malaysia April 8, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. MOHD HARITH ROSLI/via REUTERS

Scores of Rohingya Muslims have boarded boats in recent months to try to reach Malaysia, part of what authorities fear could be a new wave of people smuggling by sea after a 2015 crackdown on trafficking.