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  "id": 3750395,
  "title": "1,476 Myanmar refugees to be repatriated on Sept 29 – Home Ministry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/1-476-myanmar-refugees-to-be-repatriated-on-sept-29-home-ministry",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T14:08:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1520204/1476-myanmar-refugees-be-repatriated-sept-29-%E2%80%93-home-ministry"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Malaysian Home Ministry has announced the repatriation of 1,476 Myanmar refugees to their home country on September 29, 2026, as part of the Voluntary Repatriation Programme. This initial phase, which involves 5,000 eligible refugees, was agreed upon after coordination between the Home Ministry, Foreign Ministry, National Security Council, and Defence Ministry. The repatriation will be carried out using two Myanmar Navy warships and a hospital ship, with the Rohingya among the refugees being repatriated. The process, which includes verifying the identity, nationality, immigration status, refugee claims, and security background of each individual, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of the year.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Malaysia to repatriate first batch of 1,476 Myanmar nationals on Sept 29",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/malaysia-to-repatriate-first-batch-of-1-476-myanmar-nationals-on-sept",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:30:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "SNAPSHOT | Nearly 1.5k Myanmar nationals to be repatriated Sept 29; Malacca polls likely before November: CM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/snapshot-nearly-1-5k-myanmar-nationals-to-be-repatriated-sept-29",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:11:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Malaysia to return 1,476 Myanmar nationals in first phase of voluntary repatriation program",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/malaysia-to-return-1-476-myanmar-nationals-in-first-phase-of",
        "published": "2026-08-27T14:38:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Malaysia to repatriate first group of Myanmar nationals in September, government says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/malaysia-to-repatriate-first-group-of-myanmar-nationals-in-september",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:22:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}