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Malaysia begins Myanmar repatriations despite safety warnings by UN and rights groups
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Rights groups say the returnees could face serious risks such as persecution and forced military conscription in an active war zone.
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Malaysia began repatriating a large group of Myanmar nationals on Tuesday, according to an Agence France-Presse report — the first phase of a plan to return 5,000 people to a country still engulfed in a civil war that has displaced millions.
Malaysia has started repatriating about 1,500 Myanmar nationals, defying warnings from the UN and rights groups. Malaysia, facing an uptick in anti-migrant sentiment, says the program is strictly voluntary.
Kuala Lumpur plans to send a total of 5,000 Myanmar nationals back to the war-torn country despite persecution concerns Malaysia began sending back about 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday, the government confirmed, as it launched a scheme that rights groups say may endanger migrants and asylum seek…
