Time to end Sarawak’s privileged denial of entry
The Malaysian state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, is not only difficult to travel around in but can also be hard to get into. When Sarawak agreed to join Malaysia in 1963, it retained the responsibility of controlling its own immigration. That extended even to would-be visitors from other parts of Malaysia, effectively curtailing the right to free movement within a country, a right recognised in article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.