Malaysia Malaise

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Burmese migrants battle bureaucracy and exploitation in their search for a new life... "When he came to Malaysia 10 years ago, Tun Min Naing was full of hope. The 21-year-old even broke off his further education as a third-year student at a Rangoon university. His goal was to help his family survive in crisis-ridden Burma. But Tun Min Naing?s Malaysian journey ended behind bars at the Semenyih detention camp outside Kuala Lumpur, where about 1,000 illegal immigrants wait for deportation or, in rare cases, recognition as bona fide refugees. Several hundred are Burmese, many of them registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees..."

Creator/author: 

Kyaw Zwa Moe

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 3

Date of Publication: 

2007-03-00

Date of entry: 

2008-05-04

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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