As rebels gain grounds in Myanmar, can the Rohingya return?

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
Ashraful Haque & Kamran Siddiqui
17 January, 2024,

Rohingya refugees walk towards Cox's Bazar fleeing from military oppression in Myanmar. File Photo: Reuters 

 

The Arakan Army, an ethnic insurgent group fighting the junta government of Myanmar, seized a key port town, Paletwa, in Chin state on 14 January. The town is located to the east of the Bangladesh border and the river port is just 12km away. To the north is the Indian border.

Rohingya Return: Myanmar to allow int’l volunteers

The Daily Star
Porimol Palma
Tue Sep 5, 2023 

Bangladesh delegation hold talks in Naypiydaw  

Photo: Reuters/File

Myanmar will allow international volunteers, including those from the UN, China and ASEAN countries, to take part in the humanitarian assistance programmes for Rohingyas during their repatriation to Rakhine.

The country agreed to this during a director meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Naypiydaw yesterday, a member of the Bangladesh delegation to the meeting told The Daily Star.

Rohingya stand firm on citizenship after day-trip to Rakhine state

RFA
By Abdur Rahman for BenarNews and RFA Burmese
2023.05.08
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The Burmese junta invited refugees to see housing constructed for their return. 

Rohingya and Bangladesh officials observe temporary housing constructed in Rakhine state’s Maungdaw township constructed by the Myanmar government to repatriate the refugees, May 5, 2023.
Courtesy: members of the Rohingya delegation

Bangladesh-based Rohingya who were taken to Myanmar’s Rakhine state Friday to see preparations for refugee repatriation said they wouldn’t return without citizenship rights, recognition of their Rohingya identity, and a guarantee that they could resettle in their home villages.

Twenty Rohingya and seven Bangladeshi government officials traveled to Maungdaw township in northern Rakhine, where the Burmese junta had invited them to inspect preparations as part of a China-backed effort to repatriate a small portion of the 1 million Rohingya refugees sheltering in southeastern Bangladesh.

Dhaka seeks OIC support for quick Rohingya return

Bangladesh Post

UNB, Dhaka
Published : 28 Jan 2023 

A three-member team of Bangladesh Parliament on Friday participated in the 48th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC) in Algeria.

The head of Bangladesh delegation and also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker spoke at the meeting, said a press release in Dhaka.

UNHRC adopts resolution asking Myanmar to ensure Rohingya return

Dhaka Tribune

Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
June 23rd, 2020

 Rohingyas flee Myanmar and enter Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar Syed Zakir Hossain

In its 43rd session, the 47-member UNHRC adopted the resolution on Monday in Geneva by a vote of 37 in favour, 2 against and 8 abstentions

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a resolution calling upon Myanmar to create conditions and to establish a plan conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingyas and all refugees and forcibly displaced persons.

The resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar also stressed the need to effectively address the root causes of human rights violations and abuses against ethnic minorities, including the Rohingyas, in the Rakhine State.