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Malaysia says Myanmar agreed to take back 5,000 Rohingya

The claimed return plan would cover only a small slice of the 126,144 Rohingya registered with the UN refugee agency in Malaysia.

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Malaysia says Myanmar has agreed to take back 5,000 Rohingya, a move that could ease pressure on the country’s strained refugee system, but has also raised alarm among activists over the risks of sending a persecuted minority into a conflict zone.

According to SCMP Economy, rights groups argue that any movement of refugees into Myanmar would need to be voluntary and backed by guarantees of safety, legal status, and freedom of movement, given that Myanmar’s military is fighting multiple conflicts and most Rohingya remain denied citizenship.

SCMP Economy said the announcement covers only a fraction of the 126,144 Rohingya registered with the UN refugee agency in Malaysia, and noted that Malaysia had 215,600 registered refugees and asylum seekers at the end of February, nearly 194,000 of them from Myanmar.

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