Hiccups in repatriation plan


Work in progress: The Myanmar delegation arriving in Teknaf to meet with Bangladeshi officials as part of efforts to return stateless Rohingya to their homeland Myanmar. — AFP

A Myanmar government team visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh as part of a mooted pilot repatriation scheme.

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

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