Malaysia’s eviction of sea nomads casts light on precarious lives
A fifth of the roughly 28,000 Bajau Laut identified by the government in Sabah are Malaysian citizens. Read more at ...
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COMMENT | Save kids from statelessness, help Shima get citizenship
The girl is a stateless Bajau Laut child. She stepped on a shell and cut her foot. She immediately went to Iskul for medical ...
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Malaysia's eviction of sea nomads casts light on precarious lives
Like many undocumented Bajau Laut, Robin goes by one name and ... Watch said authorities had detained about 45,000 undocumented people since May 2020. The move has sparked outrage and debate ...
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United Nations Philippines accelerates SDGs at the local level in Surigao
A joint United Nations programme that supports local governments in improving the delivery of services to communities to ...
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Mutated tribe can swim to bottom of ocean after developing 'sea nomad gene'
The Bajau tribe of Indonesia have become the first known humans to genetically adapt to diving. The tribe live an extremely amphibious life, and have now been proven to possess the genetic makeup to ...
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Revive temporary pass for Bajau Laut with legal safeguards, say experts
“The extent to which the people of Sabah would welcome the PSS ... to the state’s economy through the integration of the Bajau Laut, he said. In September 2019, then home minister Muhyiddin ...
Unique ingredients in east Malaysia
Malaysia boasts a cornucopia of natural ingredients – from local fruits like ceri Terengganu, buah salak and buah setar to ...
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Oil and gas prospecting in protected marine park in Sabah, Malaysia alarms NGO
Extraction activity would also threaten the livelihoods of over 85,000 villagers, including from the Bajau Laut and Bajau Ubian Indigenous communities. Based on a map produced by WWF-Malaysia, a ...