First Rohingya team visits Myanmar to assess junta's readiness and citizenship rights ahead of possible repatriation

A Rohingya delegation board a boat from Teknaf jetty on Friday, May 5, 2023, to visit Myanmar's border district of Maungdow township as part of efforts to revive a long-stalled plan to return the stateless minority to their homeland. Bangladesh officials said 20 Rohingyas and seven officials including a border guard officer were visiting two Rohingya villages, which are part of 15 villages built by the Myanmar authorities, as part of a pilot repatriation project. - AFP

DHAKA (Bangladesh), May 5 (Bernama-Anadolu): A 20-member Rohingya team left for Myanmar on Friday via the transboundary Naf River to visit a settlement in Rakhine State prepared for the forcibly displaced nationals under a pilot project.

It marks the first visit by Rohingya to Myanmar following their exodus in August 2017 and follows a rare visit by officials of Myanmar’s junta to refugee camps on Bangladesh’s southeast coast in March this year, Anadolu Agency reported.