Aljazeera
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 23 Mar 202323 Mar 2023
Nearly 800,000 Rohingya fled their homeland in Myanmar in 2017 after a
brutal military crackdown [File: Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 23 Mar 202323 Mar 2023
Rights campaigners call the ruling military’s pilot project to repatriate the persecuted ethnic Muslim minority a ‘PR campaign’.
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The Myanmar military’s “pilot project” to repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has been met with scepticism, with rights campaigners calling it a “PR campaign”.
Last week, a delegation from Myanmar visited the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district – home to more than 1 million Rohingya – to interview potential candidates for their return as early as next month.
Last week, a delegation from Myanmar visited the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district – home to more than 1 million Rohingya – to interview potential candidates for their return as early as next month.