Radicalizing love: a gendered critique of Malaysia's management of migrants and refugees in the time of COVID-19

The chapter addresses the radical potentiality of envisaging and engendering an open world with reference to Pope Francis' most recent encyclical Fratelli Tutti (on fraternity and social friendship) that throws into relief Malaysia’s management of migrants and refugees, with a spotlight on the recent deportation of 1,086 Myanmar nationals in 2021. The chapter begins with an interpretation of the State’s action—in the time of coronavirus—in terms of Foucault’s biopower that characteristics modern States’ power over life of its citizenry and strangers. It then move on to critiquing that in light of the message of the encyclical. In doing so, the chapter offers a reflection on the potentialities and limits of a faith-based ethos of liberty, equality and solidarity (fraternity) that complements a secular-based rights framework of international conventions and international relations.