Myanmar says 10,000 migrants returned from Malaysia this year
Myanmar says 9,517 migrants returned this year as the UN and rights groups question whether the repatriations were safe and voluntary.
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Myanmar says 10,000 migrants returned from Malaysia this year
The United Nations (UN) has sharply criticised Malaysia's push to return migrants to Myanmar under an opaque scheme it says cannot guarantee safe homecomings to the war-torn nation. A group of 1,476 returnees arrived by ship outside Yangon on Sunday, the first of 5,000 that Kuala Lumpur says Myanmar agreed to take back amid a wave of anti-migrant sentiment in Malaysia. Rights monitors have raised concerns that members of the Rohingya minority ma…
Planes, not just ships: Myanmar says most migrants returned from Malaysia flew home, as UN criticises Putrajaya’s scheme
YANGON, Oct 5 — Myanmar has repatriated nearly 10,000 migrants from Malaysia this year, state media said on Monday, a day after a flotilla returning almost 1,500 of its citizens...
Burma said today that it repatriated 10,000 Malaysian migrants this year, on the eve of the arrival in the country of a fleet that brought back about 1,500 of its citizens from that country.
YANGON – Myanmar has received nearly 10,000 illegal immigrants (PATI) from Malaysia this year, state media said today, a day after a flotilla bringing back nearly 1,500 of its citizens docked south of Yangon. The group of 1,476 returnees arrived by boat outside Yangon yesterday. They are the first of 5,000 confirmed illegal immigrants ...
YANGON: Nearly 10,000 Myanmar nationals have been deported from Malaysia this year, a day after a convoy of ships carrying about 1,500 of its citizens docked in the country. The United Nations (UN) has criticized Malaysia's efforts to deport migrants to Myanmar through a non-transparent scheme, which the world body said could not guarantee their safe return to the country.
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