Volition in question day before Rohingya due to start return to Myanmar


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Nov 2018

Rohingya refugee children fly kites on top of their shelter at Balikhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh has begun preparations to repatriate an initial batch of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar on Thursday, but it is still unclear if any of them want to return, humanitarian officials said.

Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed in late October to begin the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, even though the United Nations' refugee agency and aid groups say doubts persist about safety in Myanmar.

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