Deal on Rohingya Repatriation Inches Forward, but Hurdles Remain
23, 2017
BANGKOK — Myanmar and Bangladesh said Thursday that they had moved one step closer to the possible repatriation
of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh over the past three months.
Earlier, the Myanmar authorities said they would, in principle, allow for the return of displaced Rohingya if they could prove
that they had lived in Myanmar before fleeing across the border over the past three months.
" Mr. Ali said, "they need to be rebuilt." The Myanmar authorities have in recent weeks balked at the possibility of the Rohingya, whom they
consider to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, returning to their native villages. that Since their houses are burned and destroyed,
" said an English statement on the military commander’s Facebook page, before warning
that any "unacceptable situation" could lead to "political instability." AKM Moinuddin contributed reporting from Naypyidaw. that Emphasis must be placed on the wishes of local Rakhine ethnic people who are real Myanmar citizens,
Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said that The first step of the repatriation process has been done,
More than 620,000 Rohingya, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, have flooded into Bangladesh,
escaping what the United States on Wednesday termed "ethnic cleansing" by Myanmar’s security forces.
