Hazmi Rusli ∗∗ & Roman Dremliuga ∗∗∗ & Wan Suhaili ∗∗∗∗ & Nur Alia Farisha ∗∗∗∗∗ On March 18, 2020, Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin declared the nationwide enforcement of the Movement Control Order to curb the spread of COVID-19. In September 2020, Malaysia entered the third wave of the outbreak. Active cases rose from 60 to more than 13,000. The government’s Ops Benteng stops illegal migrants, who are at high risk of bringing COVID-19 into Malaysia. This includes illegal Rohingya migrants, who enter Malaysia to flee persecution in their home country, Myanmar. There are approximately 150,000 Rohingya migrants in Malaysia and more are expected. This article examines the main reason behind the infux of Rohingya illegal migrants and discusses whether the Malaysian government should tighten its borders to safeguard against COVID-19. The government must prioritise its own citizens over the Rohingyas; the responsibility of Securing Malaysia ’ s Borders from Covid-19: Legal Considerations to the Infux of Rohingya Migrants ∗ ∗ The publication of this article is funded by the Covid-19 Special Research Grant issued by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, in collaboration with Associate Professor Dr. Roman Dremliuga of School of Law, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia. All the websites cited in this article were last visited on April 25, 2021. ∗∗ Associate Professor at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. LL.B./MCL (IIUM), Ph.D. in Law (Wollongong). ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0099-6875. The author may be contacted at: hazmirusli@usim.edu.my/Address: Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800, Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. ∗∗∗ Associate Professor at the School of Law, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Vladivostok, Russia. B.A.M./ M.S/Ph.D. in Law (FEFU). ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1607-1228. The author may be contacted at: dreamluck@yandex.ru /Address: School of Law, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia. ∗∗∗∗ Research Assistant at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. The author may be contacted at: wansue97.ws@gmail.com /Address: Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. ∗∗∗∗∗ Research Assistant at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. The author may be contacted at: aliajemangin@gmail.com /Address: Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. J. East asia & int’l l. Vol. 14/No.1 (2021); 115-130 Publication type : Research Article Section : Regional Focus & Controversies DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2021.14.1.06