Undercover Asia - Malaysia turns away hundreds of Rohingya refugees amid local concerns
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Undercover Asia - Malaysia turns away hundreds of Rohingya refugees amid local concerns
07 Apr 2025 01:09pm
With much of the world focusing on other geopolitical issues, the Rohingyas hope that their plight will not be forgotten.
- LANGKAWI: Malaysian authorities have turned away several boats ferrying Rohingya asylum seekers this year amid concerns from the local community.
- According to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, two boats with about 300 asylum seekers were turned away recently after they were given food and water.
- They were later reported to have landed near Aceh, Indonesia.
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CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia returns for the eighth season to uncover the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia, and help us understand the plight of the disenfranchised and the displaced.