A boat that carried Rohingya migrants for three months is seen in Langkawi May 12, 2015. Malaysian authorities said today they had intercepted a boat ferrying a group of 202 people believed to be ethnic Rohingya. ― Reuters pic
Malaysia, which does not recognise refugee status, is a favoured destination for ethnic Rohingya fleeing a military-led crackdown in Myanmar and squalid conditions at refugee camps in Bangladesh. The group included 152 men, 45 women and 5 children. All 202 have been detained at the coastguard’s Kedah state headquarters.
EmmaRichards85 Think u guys better quarantine them and test them for covid.. u will never know..
This is Msia fisherman boat in Langkawi and surely they are not refugees but rather victim of human trafficking
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