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Malaysia begins screening 5,000 refugees for their planned return to Myanmar

Myanmar Malaysia Refugee Anwar Ibrahim Bangladesh

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Malaysia has started documenting and screening thousands of detained Myanmar nationals as part of a repatriation program agreed with Myanmar, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said Thursday.

Saifuddin said Myanmar had committed to accept up to 5,000 of its citizens currently living in Malaysia and an unspecified number currently in Cox’s Bazar, a town in south east Bangladesh.

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