Malaysia rounds up migrants to contain coronavirus, U.N. warns of detention risks

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Malaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said, after hundreds of migrants and refugees were detained in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

FILE PHOTO: Police officers wearing protective suits pick up an illegal immigrant from an apartment under enhanced lockdown, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Police said the operation was aimed at preventing undocumented migrants from travelling to other areas amid movement curbs imposed to contain the spread of the virus outbreak, state news agency Bernama reported. The arrests followed public anger in recent days over the presence of migrant foreigners, particularly Rohingya refugees, with some in Malaysia accusing them of spreading the coronavirus and being a burden on state resources.

They would be sent to immigration detention centres to await further action, he told reporters on Saturday.

 

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Yeah because 'migrants' are how people like Prince Charles, Boris Johnson, Sophie Trudeau, Tom Hanks, Chris Cuomo, etc etc etc caught the virus.

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