Articles by: Gerhard Hoffstaedter

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Boat people in the making?

Growing numbers of refugees in Malaysia indicate the need for a regional responseRiding the monorail high above the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Matthew (not his real name), a Myanmarese refugee, looks around him and at every stop starts biting his lip. At any stop he could be picked up by the police, immigration officers or RELA, the volunteer auxiliary police, who patrol the streets and conduct occasional raids in areas where they suspect refugees live…