KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's coast guard will not turn away Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar and is willing to provide temporary shelter for them, the maritime agency's chief said on Friday. Rohingya insurgents attacked several police posts and an army base in Myanmar on Aug 25. Malaysia is already home to over 100,000 Rohingya refugees. Malaysia, a Muslim-majority nation, will likely house the Rohingya refugees in immigration detention centres, where foreigners without documents are typically held, he said. There are about 59,000 Rohingya refugees registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia, although unofficial numbers are almost double that.

Source: New Strait Times September 08, 2017 05:03 UTC