Ethnic Chin in Malaysia driven to depression due to change in policy


PETALING JAYA: Ethnic Chin refugees in Malaysia are being driven to depression – some to the brink of suicide – due to a change in policy, which could be the difference between life and death for many of them.

Over eight months, The Star’s R.AGE team recorded over 50 cases of Chin refugees and asylum seekers whose UNHCR cards were withheld when submitted for renewal.

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