Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants returned from Malaysia despite UN warnings

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Malaysia has deported nearly 1,500 migrants to war-torn Myanmar despite UN warnings about unsafe conditions.

Malaysia has deported nearly 1,500 migrants to Myanmar despite warnings from the United Nations about the safety of returns. The UN warns that conditions in Myanmar, consumed by civil war since 2021, make it impossible to guarantee safe homecomings as required under international law.

Malaysia has continued mass refugee deportations to the war-torn nation despite these UN concerns about unsafe conditions in an active conflict zone.

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants returned from Malaysia despite UN warnings — Image: The Japan Times

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Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Myanmar from Malaysia despite UN warningsAl Jazeera · 5 Oct, 02:08
Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from MalaysiaThe Japan Times · 4 Oct, 05:40

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