Myanmar finalises Rohingya repatriation preparations as doubts mount


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 Jan 2018

A Rohingya girl looks on inside her shelter in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media said on Saturday, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the United Nations.

Rakhine state Chief Minister Nyi Pu "insisted on completion of the finishing touches on buildings, medical clinics and sanitation infrastructures" during a visit to repatriation camps in the state on Friday, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said.

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