Dozens of buses arrived under police escort at the Majlis Perbandaran Manjung stadium near the Lumut naval base in northwestern Malaysia. The migrants were expected to be processed before being taken to Myanmar by ship. Rohingya refugees gather in front of the office of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR»»»

LUMUT, Sept 29 — Malaysia began repatriating around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday, launching the first phase of a return programme that has raised concerns from rights groups. The group is the first of 5,000 Myanmar nationals Malaysia says have agreed to “voluntary” repatriation from detention»»»

It was not immediately clear how many in the 1,500 being repatriated today are Rohingya, the persecuted Muslim minority that makes up two-thirds of the 190,000 Myanmar refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. (Bernama pic) LUMUT: Malaysia began repatriating around 1,500 Myanmar nationals today, lau»»»

LUMUT, Malaysia - Malaysia began repatriating around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Sept 29, launching the first phase of a return programme that has raised concerns from rights groups. The group is the first of 5,000 Myanmar nationals Malaysia says have agreed to “voluntary” repatriation from detentio»»»