Malaysia’s human rights groups have warned of rising hostility towards Rohingya refugees after a petition shared widely on social media calling for the community to be “removed” from the country amassed nearly half a million signatures. The petition, launched on Change.org late last month by an account using the name “Aku Anak Malaysia”, urges the Malaysian government to consider resettling the Rohingya in another country or providing “enhanced support in their home regions” in Myanmar. It...
The development comes days after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that his government would follow a new policy of “detect, delete and deport” while dealing with “illegal infiltrators”. Last year in May, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all States and Union Territories to identify and verify illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar (Rohingyas) within 30 days