Nowhere else to go: Malaysia's eviction of ‘sea nomads’ casts light on precarious lives | South China Morning Post

The Bajau Laut is an indigenous seaborne community in Malaysia. They have lived off eastern Sabah for centuries in wooden homes built over water in the Tun Sakaran Marine Park. However, a security crackdown on cross-border crime since June 2024 has left hundreds of Bajau Laut homeless, after authorities burned down …

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