• Malaysia detains Hassan Al Kontar after removing him from airport

    Al Kontar, 37, had been living in Kuala Lumpur International Airport since March, after being denied entry to Cambodia. Bangkok, Thailand – Syrian refugee Hassan Al Kontar was arrested on Monday by Malaysian police for remaining in a “forbidden area” of Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s terminal two. Al Kontar, 37, had been living inside KLIA’s…


  • Refugees in Indonesia told assimilate but not settle

    JAKARTA, Indonesia – Fatema Barbari tears up as she recounts how police forced her family and 50 other refugees to flee a makeshift camp outside the immigration detention center in Jakarta, Indonesia’s sprawling capital. “They ordered us to leave at night,” Barbari, 39, said as she looked around at her husband and two children at…


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