Australia starts accepting refugees from Malaysia


MELBOURNE: Australia has already started accepting refugees from Malaysia, mainly people from Myanmar, said the Australian High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, Miles Kupa.

It was agreed last year that Australia would send 8,000 asylum seekers from Christmas Island to Malaysia to process their claims for refugee status.

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