Myanmar’s military government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of the troubled Rakhine State. However, repatriation will proceed only after security in Rakhine improves, the foreign ministry said.
Repatriation Efforts
According to the United Nations, more than 700,000 Rohingya fled to neighboring Bangladesh in 2017 following a crackdown by Myanmar security forces. Myanmar says it has identified 4,241 people on Bangladesh’s repatriation list as involved in terrorist activities, while another 113,507 could not be verified.
Myanmar’s military is fighting the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group based in Rakhine that has sought greater autonomy for the region. The country says repatriation is strictly a bilateral matter with Bangladesh and will begin only when security conditions in Rakhine State become more stable.
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