Nyein Nyein & Muktadir Rashid
16 August 2019
Rohingya refugees are reflected in rain water along an embankment
next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Nov. 2, 2017. / REUTERS
CHIANG MAI, Thailand and DHAKA, Bangladesh—Myanmar has long been ready to accept the repatriation of displaced people who fled from Rakhine State to Bangladesh, in line with the agreement reached by the two countries, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement said.
Some 3,450 people out of a total of 55,511 who completed verification forms have been cleared to return, according to U Zaw Htay, the President’s Office spokesman.