Migrants still fear reprisal after vaccination, but some ready for the plunge

Abdullah Abbass, 25, wants to get the Covid-19 vaccine once it is available to everyone in Malaysia. But one thought is holding the Rohingya refugee back.

“I’m not afraid of the vaccine. I’m afraid I will be deported if I get it because I cannot go back to Myanmar,” he told Bernama through an interpreter.

On the other side of the Klang Valley at an old folks’ home, Jenny (not her real name), is the opposite...