Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian immigration detention centre

Aljazeera
2 Feb 2024

Police blame riot after 115 Rohingya and 16 other people from Myanmar escaped the facility on Thursday night.

Ethnic Rohingya men have been taking risky sea journeys to Southeast Asia [File: Reza Saifullah/A{ Photo]

 

Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya refugees and other people from Myanmar after they escaped from a temporary immigration detention centre in the country’s north.