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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Bernadette B. Tixon

Former Rohingya Champion Malaysia Begins Sending 1,476 Myanmar Nationals Home as UN Warns Returns Are Unsafe

Rohingya Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; Malaysia launches phased return of Myanmar nationals, drawing concern from the UN and rights groups (Credit: Voice of America/WikiMedia Commons)

Malaysia, a country that once urged the world to act on the Rohingya crisis, has begun repatriating 1,476 Myanmar nationals under a voluntary return programme, despite warnings from the UN Refugee Agency and rights groups about conditions in Myanmar.

The first group left Malaysia on Tuesday, 29 September, as part of a plan involving about 5,000 people being returned in stages.

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