Compassion has limits, so must immigration同情心有限度，移民亦是如此。
The exploding number of immigrants in the country is no longer tenable. We cannot permanently carry the region's refugee burden and have to be firm – but we can be compassionate too.
Tipping point: A bus carrying Myanmar nationals being repatriated from Malaysia seen heading toward to navel base in Lumut. —AFP
IT’S a problem that has been festering for far too long. Now, Malaysia has reached a point where we can no longer avoid having an honest conversation about illegal immigrants and refugees living and working in the country.
We already have more than 200,000 UN-registered refugees and maybe tens of thousands more unregistered ones. The Government’s decision to begin repatriating Myanmar nationals who are willing and eligible to return home is therefore understandable and deserves to be supported.
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转折点：一辆载有从马来西亚遣返缅甸国民的巴士驶向卢穆特海军基地。——法新社
这个问题由来已久，早已根深蒂固。如今，马来西亚已经到了不得不正视非法移民和难民在该国生活和工作的现实的地步。
我们目前已有超过20万名联合国登记在册的难民，可能还有数万名未登记的难民。因此，政府决定开始遣返那些愿意且符合条件返回家园的缅甸国民，这一决定是可以理解的，也应该得到支持。
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感谢您的报告！
同情心有限度，移民亦是如此。
马来西亚或许需要多一些“无聊”的东西。
企业是否忘记了自己还有顾客？