01Living brief
v2Anwar says Myanmar will accept 5,000 Rohingya from Malaysia
- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar had agreed to accept 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers from Malaysia.
- UNHCR records showed about 126,000 Rohingya were registered in Malaysia at the end of February.
- Myanmar’s presidential office had not responded by Thursday to Anwar’s statement, according to the report.