Malaysia announces plans to re-integrate Myanmar into ASEAN as junta leader visits and seeks diplomatic ties
Malaysia returned about 1,500 Myanmar nationals on September 29. Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Malaysia for the first time since 2021 to discuss repatriation. The civil war has displaced over 3.5 million and killed about 100,000. The UN warned safe return cannot be guaranteed and criticized the return scheme.
- Malaysia returned about 1,500 Myanmar nationals on September 29, with 1,476 leaving by ship.
- Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Malaysia for his first visit since the 2021 coup to discuss repatriation.
- The UN warned that safe return of Myanmar migrants cannot be guaranteed and criticized Malaysia's return scheme.
- The civil war in Myanmar has displaced over 3.5 million people and killed an estimated 100,000.
- The Rohingya make up two-thirds of the 190,000 Myanmar refugees in Malaysia, raising concerns about their return.
- Min Aung Hlaing's 2021 coup triggered the civil war in Myanmar.
- Myanmar stated 8,041 citizens were repatriated by air from January to August and agreed to return 5,000.
- A group of 1,476 returnees arrived by ship outside Yangon on Sunday.
- Malaysia initiated a plan to return thousands of Myanmar migrants and insists all returnees agreed to voluntary repatriation.
- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said his government will help Myanmar rejoin ASEAN and assured no harm would come to returnees.
- Min Aung Hlaing and other senior officials have been barred from ASEAN summits since 2021.
Outlets: Business Recorder, DVB, Free Malaysia Today, Malaysiakini (English), Myanmar Now, SCMP Asia, Taipei Times, The Diplomat, The Irrawaddy, The Jakarta Post, The Japan Times
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