Myanmar team returns sans reaching agreement

dailyobserver

Published : Thursday, 23 March, 2023
Diplomatic Correspondent

The delegation from the Myanmar Immigration Department returned to Myanmar on Wednesday without reaching any agreement on the Rohingya repatriation agenda.

"They returned to Myanmar via Jaliapara Jetty Ghat in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, around 10.30am on Wednesday. The Myanmar delegation has collected details of 499 Rohingyas from 149 families during their visit. They met with the enlisted Rohingyas at Teknaf Shal Port and recorded their statements," Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commission (RRRC) officials said.

Myanmar team returns after interviewing 480 Rohingyas

NEWAGE

Published: Mar 23,2023 

Officials from Myanmar’s immigration and population ministries left Bangladesh on Wednesday after interviewing around 480 Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar as part of a plan for possible repatriation to their country.

The 17-member Myanmar delegation, led by Aung Myo, the social welfare minister for Rakhine State, started interviewing Rohingyas, who are currently living in Cox’s Bazar camps, on March 15.

Myanmar team visits Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya repatriation project

Aljazeera
15 Mar 2023

Myanmar delegation is visiting camps this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for the project.

Nearly a million Rohingya are living in camps in Bangladesh in the border district of Cox's Bazar, most having fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 [File: Ed Jones/AFP]

A delegation from Myanmar is visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for a pilot repatriation project.

A Bangladeshi official said on Wednesday it was unclear when the mainly Muslim refugees would be going home.

Myanmar team visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

Prothum Alo 

Prothom Alo English Desk
Update: 22:16, Dec 19, 2019

Rohingya refugee camp in Cox`s Bazar. File Photo

A nine-member Myanmar delegation visited Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday and interacted with Rohingyas in an effort to convince them to return to their homes in Rakhine state, reports UNB. 

They will talk to Rohingyas at the camp on Thursday before they leave Cox's Bazar for Dhaka in the afternoon, an official told UNB.