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
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 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 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.
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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