Since Malaysia is not a party to the United Nations Refugee Convention, the refugees are not allowed to work here legally. “The government says we must stay at home during the MCO, but we don’t have money to pay rent. “My family needs shelter, my house rent is RM600 and I am running out of money to buy food, let alone to pay the rent. “I don’t have money to pay rent or buy more food. “They are the priority now and I must not get sick.”‘STRUGGLING EACH DAY’In Malaysia, refugees must pay the foreigners’ rate at hospitals.

Source: New Strait Times April 13, 2020 00:22 UTC