July 24, 2019
Reuters, YANGON
A destroyed Rohingya village in Rakhine, Myanmar. Reuters file photo
Satellite images have captured continued destruction of residential buildings in Rakhine state since 2017, raising serious questions about Myanmar’s willingness to repatriate tens of thousands of Rohingyas , who fled to Bangladesh following a brutal military-led crackdown.
While Myanmar authorities have repeatedly promised to resettle the refugees, analysis of satellite imagery shows “no sign of reconstruction” in the overwhelming majority of their former settlements while, in some areas, destruction of residential buildings has continued, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said in a report released late on Tuesday.