Bangaldeshis walk alongside Rohingya refugees on a road outside Kutupalong camp in southern Bangladesh, February 7, 2018. Picture taken February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew RC Marshall
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has only been able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for possible repatriation from Bangladesh, officials said on Wednesday, blaming their neighbour for not providing the correct information about the refugees.
Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after militant attacks on Aug. 25 sparked a crackdown led by security forces in the western Rakhine state that the United Nations and United States have said constituted ethnic cleansing.
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