Guest contributor Carrie Ross Welch is senior vice president of external relations for the International Rescue Committee.

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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was reportedly angered by their call for political and economic reform (in direct contradiction of the official line that the country's current woes are due not to internal problems but to hostile external forces) and their extensive coverage of the controversial government-sanctioned rescue of a shipping company controlled by Mahathir's son Mirzan.

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Hidden Lives: the Untold Story of Urban Refugees is a project funded by the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department in partnership with the International Rescue Committee UK. You can see a video of the making of the project here (External site).

BBC: Hidden Lives: The Untold Story of Urban Refugees