PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The government will no longer accept Rohingya refugees who enter the country illegally, and will instead deport them back to Bangladesh, said Malaysian Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
PUTRAJAYA : The government will no longer accept Rohingya refugees who enter the country illegally, and will instead deport them back to Bangladesh, said Malaysian Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Tuesday .
Speaking at the daily press conference today, Ismail said the government would also hold talks with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Bangladeshi government, through the Foreign Ministry, for the refugees to be sent to a third country. "So, we ask the Foreign Ministry to discuss with these third countries to take in these Rohingya refugees from Malaysia,” he said.
Ismail Sabri said this when asked to comment on the 269 Rohingya refugees who were detained early Monday morning after entering the waters off Langkawi.
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