Lone Passage

In this two-part episode, we explore the living and livelihood options for refugees in Malaysia. In Part 2, we look at the complicated process of acquiring Refugee Status Determination and a UNHCR card, as well as the long, narrow road to resettlement. We examine what education opportunities are available for refugee children in Malaysia. We also look briefly at the grim situation in detention facilities, which is hard to report on due to lack of information and transparency. At the end of the episode, we ask the question: what do we have to gain by denying refugees a right to education and legal employment, and treating them as criminals?

Lone Passage is a production of Renegade Radio in collaboration with MalaysiaKini. To read the special report that accompanies this podcast series, visit https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/lonepassage/en

To read the transcripts for this episode and every episode of Lone Passage, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14-fSpz92ClbGkrHo4hhuxzQw0KDwF-jQ?usp=sharing

To learn more about this series as well as view show notes and extra content, visit www.rngdr.com/lonepassage and follow us on Instagram @lonepassagepod.

You can also reach out to us at [email protected].

Lone Passage is hosted by Fatima Qureshi and is produced and edited by Jasmine Gires.

Reporting for this series is done by Aidila Razak and Jasmine Gires.

Writing and research for the podcast is by Jasmine Gires and Fatima Qureshi.

Theme music is:

Pointless by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/151-pointless
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music:

Time Is Now by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/395-time-is-now
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Children Of MH17 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/268-the-children-of-mh17
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sehnsucht by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2922-sehnsucht
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Somber And Ominous Waltz Piano Solo by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6295-somber-and-ominous-waltz-piano-solo
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A Sad Toy Story by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/563-a-sad-toy-story
License:

In this two-part episode, we explore the living and livelihood options for refugees in Malaysia. In Part 1, we look at shelter and living options for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees, including community fostering and reunification. We examine refugee and migrant living spaces in Malaysia and go back in history to explore Malaysia's role in the Vietnamese Boat Refugee crisis. We also touch on the COVID-19 pandemic and Malaysia's Movement Control Order (MCO) and how these affected the migrant and refugee community.

Lone Passage is a production of Renegade Radio in collaboration with MalaysiaKini. To read the special report that accompanies this podcast series, visit https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/lonepassage/en

To read the transcripts for this episode and every episode of Lone Passage, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14-fSpz92ClbGkrHo4hhuxzQw0KDwF-jQ?usp=sharing

To learn more about this series as well as view show notes and extra content, visit www.rngdr.com/lonepassage and follow us on Instagram @lonepassagepod.

You can also reach out to us at [email protected].

Lone Passage is hosted by Fatima Qureshi and is produced and edited by Jasmine Gires.

Reporting for this series is done by Aidila Razak and Jasmine Gires.

Writing and research for the podcast is by Jasmine Gires and Fatima Qureshi.

Theme music is:

Pointless by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/151-pointless
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music:

A Sad Toy Story by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/563-a-sad-toy-story
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Children Of MH17 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/268-the-children-of-mh17
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Waltz Of Loneliness by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6331-waltz-of-loneliness
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3681-drums-of-the-deep
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Somber And Ominous Waltz Piano Solo by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6295-somber-and-ominous-waltz-piano-solo
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We explore the dark and secretive world of human trafficking and human smuggling that goes hand-in-hand with the movement of refugees and migrants. We look at the conceptual and contextual definitions of trafficking and smuggling and the natures of these crimes, how they operate and what policies exist to protect the victims and prosecute those responsible.

Lone Passage is a production of Renegade Radio in collaboration with MalaysiaKini. To read the special report that accompanies this podcast series, visit https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/lonepassage/en

To read the transcripts for this episode and every episode of Lone Passage, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14-fSpz92ClbGkrHo4hhuxzQw0KDwF-jQ?usp=sharing

To learn more about this series as well as view show notes and extra content, visit www.rngdr.com/lonepassage and follow us on Instagram @lonepassagepod.

You can also reach out to us at [email protected].

Lone Passage is hosted by Fatima Qureshi and is produced and edited by Jasmine Gires.

Reporting for this series is done by Aidila Razak and Jasmine Gires.

Writing and research for the podcast is by Jasmine Gires and Fatima Qureshi.

Theme music is:

Pointless by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/151-pointless
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music:

Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3681-drums-of-the-deep
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Devastation and Revenge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3644-devastation-and-revenge
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Unsafe Roads by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4923-unsafe-roads
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 006 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6308-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-006
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Traveler's Notebook by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5316-traveler-s-notebook-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Suspenseful Cinematic Ambient by MusicLFiles
Link:

In Part 2 of The Journey, we meet James and Sharifah, two refugees from Myanmar who arrived in Malaysia alone when they were minors. James is a Chin refugee who came to Malaysia when he was 15, and Sharifah is a Rohingya refugee who was brought to Malaysia by a smuggler when she was just 5 years old. Both came to Malaysia to escape persecution and violence in Myanmar, and to reunite with their long-lost families. The paths that brought them to Malaysia were unconventional and dangerous.

Lone Passage is a production of Renegade Radio in collaboration with MalaysiaKini. To read the special report that accompanies this podcast series, visit https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/lonepassage/en

To read the transcripts for this episode and every episode of Lone Passage, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14-fSpz92ClbGkrHo4hhuxzQw0KDwF-jQ?usp=sharing

To learn more about this series as well as view show notes and extra content, visit www.rngdr.com/lonepassage and follow us on Instagram @lonepassagepod.

You can also reach out to us at [email protected].

Lone Passage is hosted by Fatima Qureshi and is produced and edited by Jasmine Gires.

Reporting for this series is done by Aidila Razak and Jasmine Gires.

Writing and research for the podcast is by Jasmine Gires and Fatima Qureshi.

Theme music is:

Pointless by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/151-pointless
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music:

Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 006 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6308-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-006
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Refugees by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/539-refugees
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Children Of MH17 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/268-the-children-of-mh17
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Suspenseful Cinematic Ambient by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6195-suspenseful-cinematic-ambient
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/246-dark-secrets-decision-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Video clips used in this episode:

Burma: Saffron Revolution 2007 (1) by IBMOMovies on YouTube
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfwzWVMKOpM

Elections in Myanmar 2015 by Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung on...

In Part 1 of Episode 1, we meet Farhan, Ayan, Ali and Alia, four young refugees from Afghanistan who somehow ended up in Malaysia after escaping persecution and abuse. We follow their stories from when they left their homes to come to Malaysia and the circumstances that brought them here.

Lone Passage is a production of Renegade Radio in collaboration with MalaysiaKini. To read the special report that accompanies this podcast series, visit https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/lonepassage/en

To read the transcripts for this episode and every episode of Lone Passage, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14-fSpz92ClbGkrHo4hhuxzQw0KDwF-jQ?usp=sharing

To learn more about this series as well as view show notes and extra content, visit www.rngdr.com/lonepassage and follow us on Instagram @lonepassagepod.

You can also reach out to us at [email protected].

Lone Passage is hosted by Fatima Qureshi and is produced and edited by Jasmine Gires.

Reporting for this series is done by Aidila Razak and Jasmine Gires.

Writing and research for the podcast is by Jasmine Gires and Fatima Qureshi.

Theme music is:

Pointless by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/151-pointless
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music:

Time Is Now by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/395-time-is-now
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Refugees by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/539-refugees
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Children Of MH17 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/268-the-children-of-mh17
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/246-dark-secrets-decision-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Waltz Of Loneliness by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6331-waltz-of-loneliness
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Devastation and Revenge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3644-devastation-and-revenge
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sheltered Swan by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4973-sheltered-swan
License:

Lone Passage is a podcast about those most vulnerable and invisible in our society; Unaccompanied Minor Refugees. Children who are forced to leave their homes and loved ones due to dire circumstances.

Through this exclusive audio documentary series, we will be shining a light on the stories and struggles of refugee children who in one way or another, ended up here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. What does the future hold for these young refugees in a country that doesn't recognize the rights of refugees?

From Renegade Radio in collaboration with Malaysiakini, this is Lone Passage.