Rohingya in stateless limbo in Malaysia


Roof over their heads: (Top) Rohingya refugees Faisal Hussin, 44, his wife Morojan Mohammad, 40, and another woman with her children (bottom) at their homes in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. — AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is a beacon for ethnic Rohingya fleeing oppression and violence in Myanmar, but countless migrants like Mohammed Ismail are still searching for the promised land years after arriving.

Mohammed is among tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have risked their lives over the years to reach Malaysia, only to find a stateless limbo and a new kind of marginalisation.

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