Shamila has not been able to return to Malaysia over the last 18 months with her family, due to government travel rules restricting entry to Malaysians alone.
HIDING a pregnancy to fly home, facing repeated rejections without reasons and tedious visa renewals to keep their children in Malaysia.
These are some of the frustrations Malaysian women had to bear with due to the present law that does not allow them to confer Malaysian citizenship to their children born overseas.
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