Activist Criticises Malaysia's Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees to Myanmar
· World · Al Jazeera, Bloomberg
Rights activist Nur Sadek has denounced Malaysia's repatriation push as unfair, stating that refugees are being sent back to the exact places they fled from. The push involves returning 5,000 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, with 1,500 individuals having already arrived in the country. Both the United Nations and various rights groups have warned that returning refugees to Myanmar remains unsafe. The exact timeline for the remaining repatriations has not been publicly detailed.
Why it matters
The forced repatriation directly threatens the safety of thousands of vulnerable Rohingya refugees being sent back into an active conflict zone against international opposition.
Read the original report — Al Jazeera
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