Sorry this happened to you. I was in a similar position twice. First time my wife was pregnant and we needed to move to a different country with good health care within 6 months. Second time, country moved to for the birth of said child, the job was a total nightmare. I made it 18 months but was ready to fly home at my own expense and start over. But something always turns up so don’t give up. Set yourself a timeframe. Target companies. Meet for coffees and chats. You got this, man :)

That’s not what I wrote

Yea, and tomorrow I’ll be rich but you’ll still be ugly

Mate, you’re bringing your ignorance to the debate. Malaysia just had its best economic growth in over two decades and is set to become a high-income economy by 2024.

As for your mother’s skin colour - that doesn’t prove she’s your mother.

I’m not sure this is relevant or that you know everyone’s personal situation but please do go on

Come on man, your mother still gotta earn, even during a pandemic

Before Christ ?

Well my guy, I’d personally die for my kid. So stealing a bag of chips or carton of milk for them doesn’t seem like a big deal

Personally, if someone is stealing to feed themselves or feed their kids, I got no problem with that. And if say, someone is fleeing death or persecution, and hoping for safe refuge in another country, I got no problem with that either. Ideally I’d expect my government to create the conditions where these actions weren’t necessary for survival. This probably makes me a do-gooder. Or empathetic.

I’m sorry you have to go through this crap. I hope you still find a lot of enjoyment travelling the world despite these assholes

I walk alongside my fellow humans, my friend, not push them to the floor and walk all over them

I wish I saw things as black and white as you do. Really. Life would be so much simpler.

The weather is also crap for 10 months of the year!

In the future, I’d try and avoid settling in a country that is nestled within an area called the “Pacific Ring of Fire”

Limited supply of health care? Guess you judge which person needs the treatment most and judge it based on condition not passport. Also, there was a good supply of vaccines at this point. Final point, back then, there was a need to vaccinate all or it wouldn’t work as intended. You ignore sections of society - yes, even criminals - and you won’t achieve your pandemic goals.

I’m not sure we’re comparing like for like on drug dealers and migrants brought in legally to work on construction sites, and when nobody is allowed outside during COVID, they have no work and no income, and they’re then rounded up when their visa runs out and are penniless. OR, desperate illegal migrants fleeing genocide in neighbouring countries, who were given safehaven pre-pandemic, but then pursued during.

Mate, when was the last time Bali got hit by a major earthquake that killed lots of people? Not being flippant but compared to most of Indonesia, Bali is safe when it comes to earthquakes (as is the capital Jakarta)

Short answer? Yes, I would. Legal migrants in my home country have as much right to health care as I would, and other social benefits. That goes from schooling to free access to museums. Equals.

Second point, I think if you’re trying to ensure a pandemic doesn’t spread, rounding up desperate people (who mostly flee persecution) to deport them, is going to make a bad situation worse. People will hide and won’t get vaccinated. Kinda obvious to me.

I see it as two-way. I pay taxes here, spend my money here. The least I expect for this, is not to be downgraded or targeted when things get a little tough, or if some politician likes to ramp up the nationalist narrative to get elected - which results in me being heckled in the street when minding my own business. I respect all citizens of the countries I’ve worked in, and their culture and norms. But that doesn’t mean I accept being abused because of some anomaly.