Myanmar lacks 'will' to repatriate Rohingya and hasn't dismantled refugee camps, Bangladesh says

 
NEWS 
AFP-JIJI 

Rohingya refugees attend a ceremony organized to remember the second anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladeshm Aug. 25. Some 200,000 Rohingya rallied to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces, just days after a second failed attempt to repatriate them. | AFP-JIJI 

DHAKA – Bangladesh on Thursday accused Myanmar of lacking the “will” to repatriate the Rohingya, as the spat between the countries grew over the recent failed attempt to return the stateless minority to their homes.

'Genocide Day': Thousands of Rohingya rally in Bangladesh camps

Aljazeera
25 August 2019

Refugees in Bangladesh camps demand rights and citizenship on second anniversary of exodus after Myanmar crackdown.

             

Thousands of Rohingya refugees have marked the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh by rallying and praying as they demand Myanmar grant them citizenship and other rights before they agree to return.

Almost 200,000 Rohingya participated in a peaceful gathering, which was attended by UN officials, at the Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar on Sunday, police officer Zakir Hassan told AFP news agency.

Let them work

Dhaka Tribune

Opinion
Op-Ed, Anupam Debashis Roy
July 11th, 2019

 Photo: MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU 

Desperation breeds criminality
The Rohingya living in southern Bangladesh are passing their days in inhuman conditions. They are confined to the restraints of the refugee camps. They are not allowed to work. They are not allowed to learn Bangla. They are not allowed to marry Bangladeshis. And most importantly, they are not allowed to leave the confines of the camp.

Football fever in Kutupalong

The Daily Star

March 12, 2019

Locals and visitors alike enjoy watching a recreational match between Rohingya FC and Footie HAGS at a field inside the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya on Saturday. PHOTO: COLLECTED

Last Saturday, Kutupalong was abuzz with the sound of boot striking leather and the accompanying cheers of an engrossed and sizeable crowd as a Dhaka-based football club squared off in a match against Rohingya FC.

Hundreds of Thousands of Rohingya Refugees at Risk From Looming Cyclones

VOA

FILE - A young Rohingya refugee stands in her house which has been destroyed by Cyclone Mora at Balukhali Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, May 31, 2017.

GENEVA —

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, have little to protect themselves from the ravages of the upcoming cyclone season.

UN special envoy visits refugee camps in Sittwe

Nyan Lynn Aung 24 Jan 2019 

 

                                                                 UN Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener. Photo - EPA


The United Nations special envoy to Myanmar on Wednesday visited Muslim refugees who were displaced by the 2012 conflict in northern Rakhine State, a state official said.

A Rakhine government official said Christine Schraner Burgener met with refugees at A Nout Ye and Kal Ni Pyin camps in Pauktaw township.