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World Refugee Day 2022 - Everyone Has The Right To Seek Safety

Rahmat Abdul Karim, President of Rohingya Society in Malaysia (RSM) | Raihana Mohammadi, Afghan Refugee | Aslam Abd Jalil, Fellow of Inpuma Universiti Malaya, PhD candidate University of Queensland

20-Jun-22 18:00

World Refugee Day 2022 - Everyone Has The Right To Seek Safety

It's World Refugee Day today and the theme for this year is 'Whoever, Whatever, Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety.' First, we speak to 2 refugees in Malaysia to hear from their lived experiences. Next, we speak to Aslam Abd Jalil, a researcher on refugee policy to get his take on how Malaysia is doing in line with this year's theme.

Image Source: Amors photos, Shutterstock

Produced by: Kelly Anissa, Jeremy Ng, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  Law/Activism

Tags:  refuge,  refugee,  migrants,  malaysia,  safety,  world refugee day,  policy,  humanity, 


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