US, rights groups criticise Malaysia for deportations to Myanmar
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US, rights groups criticise Malaysia for deportations to Myanmar
本帖最後由 geemong 於 2021-2-25 15:45 編輯
US, rights groups criticise Malaysia for deportations
to Myanmar
The United States on เปิดเทคนิคเล่น SLOTXO ไม่ให้โดนโกง! Wednesday (Feb 24) led
criticism of Malaysia for deporting more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals back to their
military-ruled nation in defiance of a court order.
The migrants, who activists say include vulnerable asylum seekers, departed Tuesday
on Myanmar navy ships from a Malaysian military base just weeks after a coup.
Rights groups had fiercely criticised the plan, and hours before the deportation
the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered it be temporarily halted to allow a legal challenge
from activists.
The United States, which under President Joe Biden has ramped back up refugee
admissions and sought to rally pressure to reverse Myanmar's coup, said it was
"concerned" by the move by Malaysia, with which Washington has enjoyed largely
friendly relations in recent years.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the military in Myanmar, also known
as Burma, "has a long documented history of human rights abuses against members
of religious and ethnic minority groups".
Price noted that Malaysia went ahead "in spite of a Malaysian court order barring their
deportation and in light of ongoing unrest in Burma that of course has been taking
place since the coup".
"We continue to urge all countries in the region contemplating returning Burmese
migrants back to Burma to halt those repatriations until the UNHCR can assess
whether these migrants have any protection concerns," Price told reporters in
Washington, referring to the UN refugee agency.
Officials offered no explanation as to why they ignored the court's instructions and
sent back the 1,086 migrants. |
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