Refugees and asylum seekers

Malaysia’s migrant return plan chills Myanmar Rohingya

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants are due to be sent home from Malaysia next week.

Civil society groups urge Malaysia to stop Rohingya returns

Malaysia had around 193,800 refugees from Myanmar - including large numbers of Rohingya - as of February 2026.

Trump administration to admit primarily Afrikaners under new refugee proposal

US President Donald Trump has claimed Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country, allegations the South African government has denied.

More Yemenis expected to flee from upsurge in fighting, UN says

A displaced woman holding a child at a makeshift camp in Yemen’s Taiz province on Sept 21.

Two North Korea members of Asian Games seek asylum in Japan, report says

Athletes of North Korea in the athletes’ parade during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games.

Malaysia to invite Myanmar leader for official visit to spur Rohingya repatriation push

Rohingya refugees taken away by police, in front of the office of the UN refugee agency in Kuala Lumpur, on July 27. They were released after officials confirmed they held valid UN documentation.

English village votes to ‘secede’ from Britain over asylum centre

The village announced that a vast majority of residents had voted yes to secede from Britain over plans to house asylum seekers in a nearby disused military site, in a symbolic vote with no real legal basis.

Nearly 86,000 flee fighting in Yemen: UN

Some of those displaced have begun fleeing Yemen altogether.

EU asylum requests drop to five-year low

EUAA said that the number of requests is the lowest recorded in the first half of a year since 2021.

UNHCR says it has no role in Malaysia’s planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees

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