Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats

Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats after nearly 200 detained
KUALA LUMPUR - 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 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 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 turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants
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 Turns Away Boat Carrying 300 Myanmar Refugees
Malaysia's coast guard has escorted two boats carrying nearly 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants from its waters.
Malaysia detains 196 Myanmar migrants, vows to double patrols
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- 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 expels two boats ferrying about 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia said Saturday (Jan 4) that it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country's waters. The Malaysian
Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees
Malaysian authorities said Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 people believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees who were found to have entered the country illegally.
Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats after nearly 200 people detained
The coastguard says 196 migrants, thought to be Rohingya refugees, were detained on Friday on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.
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
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