Myanmar delegation visits Rohingya camps for repatriation scheme


A Myanmar delegation arrives in Teknaf on May 25, 2023, to meet with Bangladeshi officials as part of efforts to revive a long-stalled plan to return the stateless Rohyanga minority to their homeland Myanmar. - AFP

TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AFP): A Myanmar government team arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday (May 25) as part of a mooted pilot scheme to repatriate around 1,200 of an estimated one million Rohingya refugees.

The refugees have been stuck in ramshackle camps in southeastern Bangladesh since fleeing a 2017 crackdown by the Myanmar military that is now subject to a United Nations genocide investigation.

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