RM50 a day to provide shelter for asylum seekers

Uncertain future: Some of the foreigners being sent to the mainland in Langkawi. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: It costs between RM30 and RM50 a day to provide shelter for a human trafficking victim in Malaysia, according to the Department for Women’s Development (DWD).

Fatheen Erryanee Rosli, an assistant director at DWD, revealed that there were 125 women victims currently under the department’s protection, setting the department back around RM5,000 a day.