HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation plan

A Rohingya family arrives for a meeting with the Myanmar officials in Teknaf on March 15, 2023. - AFP

DHAKA (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Friday (March 31) urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority.

Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar that is now subject to a UN genocide investigation.