Malaysia urged to stop deporting Rohingya refugees | The World | ABC NEWS

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Malaysia is set to implement the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme that will see 1,476 Myanmar refugees in Malaysia returned home, despite objections from the UN refugee agency and rights groups. Myanmar researcher with Amnesty International Joe Freeman joined The World from Bangkok with an update. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCTheWorld #ABCAsiaPacific

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