Refugees risk being exploited and abused in Malaysia's food industry
Malaysian law does not recognize refugees so many are forced to work informally, thus running the risk of being subjected to exploitation. In a report by Al Jazeera, testimonies from refugees in Kuala Lumpur provide evidence of the situation. Mirron (not her real name) arrived from Somalia in 2018 and had no knowledge of what it would mean to be a refugee in Malaysia. While waiting for the UN refugee agency UNHCR to offer her resettlement in a third
