Malaysia to send 1,200 detained nationals back to Myanmar
Malaysia is home to more than 154,000 asylum-seekers from Myanmar, according to the UN refugee agency
11 February 2021 - 17:36
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysia will deport 1,200 detained Myanmar nationals after the Myanmar military government, which took over in a February 1 coup, offered to send three navy ships to pick them up, officials from both countries and two sources told Reuters.
Myanmar, via its embassy in Kuala Lumpur, made the offer to take back its citizens held in Malaysian immigration detention centres last week, according to two sources familiar with the matter...
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