Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats

Malaysia turns away boats with 300 ‘undocumented’ Myanmar migrants amid Rohingya crisis
Authorities provided food and water to nearly 300 Myanmar migrants found Friday on boats two nautical miles off Langkawi's coast, before escorting them out of Malaysian waters.
Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats after nearly 200 detained
Malaysia's coastguard said on Friday it was doubling patrols in its waters to locate boats carrying undocumented Myanmar migrants, after almost 200 were detained on an island in the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah.
Malaysia detains 196 Rohingya migrants from Myanmar
alaysian police on Friday detained almost 200 migrants "believed to be Rohingya" from Myanmar after their boat ran aground on the northern resort island of Langkawi. The group comprises 68 men, 57 women, 32 boys and 39 girls, police said.
Malaysia expels two boats carrying 300 suspected Rohingya refugees
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said on Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Myanmar immigrants, who the authority believed to be Muslim Rohingya
Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees after dozens landed on island
Malaysian authorities say they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Muslim Rohingya refugees who had entered the country illegally
Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top agency official said.
Malaysia Expels Two Boats Ferrying About 300 Myanmar Migrants
Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country's waters.
Over 200 Rohingya arrive by boat in Indonesia over weekend, official says
More than 200 Rohingya came ashore over the weekend in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Monday, amid growing numbers of arrivals by sea of the stateless population in the Southeast Asian ...
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Rohingya Refugees Reach Indonesia Amid Rising Sea Arrivals
Over 200 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province, seeking refuge from dire conditions in Myanmar and ...
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Malaysia beefs up maritime borders after turning away 300 Rohingya
ANKARA – Malaysia will beef up its maritime borders after turning away nearly 300 Rohingya refugees, local media reported on ...
Rohingya in Malaysia turn to tech to fight erasure, ‘have an identity’
The project aims to harness blockchain technology to create a ‘decentralised identity’ and preserve the Rohingya’s heritage ...
Bangladesh will no longer allow Myanmar Rohingya to enter its territory, says official
Bangladesh on Monday said it will not allow more Rohingya community members to enter its territory, clarifying that around 60 ...
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Crisis at Sea: The Rohingya Struggle in Southeast Asian Waters
Malaysia's coast guard intercepted two boats carrying nearly 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants near Langkawi. The migrants, suspected to be Rohingya, were provided with food and water. The incident ...
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Myanmar releases prisoners from notorious jail under amnesty
Myanmar state media reported on Saturday (January 4) the release of 24 Rohingya and nine foreign prisoners among the 1,009 freed from Insein prison in Yangon, under an amnesty marking the nation's ...