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DHAKA, Bangladesh
SM Najmus Sakib
04.09.2023
Bangladesh wants to start repatriation by December, Rohingya worry for their safety in Myanmar
A high-level delegation from Bangladesh reached Myanmar on Monday to lead a Chinese-mediated meeting on Rohingya repatriation.
A
list of over 3,000 Rohingya under a pilot program has been sent to
Myanmar to verify and a possible repatriation could begin under the
mediation of China, according to Bangladeshi officials.
More
than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims forcibly displaced from Myanmar live
in congested camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh and Bhasan Char, an island
in the Bay of Bengal.
Most
of the refugees fled a brutal military crackdown in August 2017 in
Rakhine, a state on the western coast of Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
Earlier
this year, two delegations from Myanmar visited Cox's Bazar, while
another delegation comprising Bangladeshi officials and Rohingya
representatives visited Rakhine state under the pilot program. However,
talks on the issues stalled.
Confirming
the latest meeting to Anadolu, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, chief of
Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC), said
the country is “expecting to initiate repatriation of Rohingya to
Myanmar anytime this year.”
Bangladesh,
China and Myanmar want to start repatriation under the pilot program by
this December. The latest visit is part of the process.
The
visiting delegation will try to learn in Naypyidaw what measures have
been taken to restore the confidence of the Rohingya and make them feel
safe.
The
Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, however, do not want to return
to a Myanmar ruled by the military junta where their safety is at risk
and where their right to citizenship is not guaranteed.
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