YANGON, Myanmar — Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals who were sent back from Malaysia arrived in the country’s largest city on Sunday, despite warnings from the United Nations refugee agency and rights groups that conditions for return remain unsafe.
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Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Malaysia
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Myanmar says 10,000 migrants returned from Malaysia this year
Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country on Sunday, a Myanmar Navy official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme.
YANGON, Myanmar — Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals who were sent back from Malaysia arrived in the country’s largest city on Sunday, despite warnings from the United Nations refugee agency and rights groups that conditions for return remain unsafe.
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 docked in the country.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said more than 10,000 people have been repatriated to Myanmar this year and he will raise the issue of sending more home when he meets Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing this week.
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