Exclusive - U.N. criticises Myanmar plan to resettle Rohingya in 'camp-like' villages


By Simon LewisWa Lone
  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Apr 2017

FILE PHOTO: Men walk at a Rohingya village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar October 27, 2016. To match Special Report MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/CRISIS REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations' refugee agency has criticised a Myanmar government plan to resettle Rohingya Muslims displaced by recent violence in "camp-like" villages, saying it risks stoking tensions, according to a document seen by Reuters.

The plan - confirmed by a senior state-level official - has sparked fear among residents that they would end up penned into de facto refugee camps, the document produced by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Myanmar said.

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