
Debbie Stothard i.e. Secretary-General of the International Federation of Human Rights and coordinator of ALTSEAN (Alternative ASEAN Network for Burma), talks about the economic impact of refugees in Malaysia, reflects on why it’s hard for Malaysians at-large to empathise with refugee issues and, by way of a “motorcycle analogy” discusses an existing Malaysian mechanism that would solve many problems if it were comprehensively implemented across the entire refugee population in the country.