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Pretty fucked up. Is it not international maritime law to render aid to those in need? And with respect to any migrants in your waters, sure you can contain them to evaluate their refugee status and deport them, but I’m pretty sure they have to take them ashore
Nope. Aide was rendered and the territorial integrity of Malaysia was maintained by returning the foreign nationals to their country of origin.
Malaysia’s coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top agency official said.
Authorities gave the migrants food supplies and clean drinking water after the boats were discovered on Friday two nautical miles southwest off the coast of the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi, the agency said.