U.N. chief calls for more pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya returns


  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 Jul 2018

FILE PHOTO: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria, May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for more international pressure on Myanmar to create conditions safe for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled the country since a military crackdown last August.

The United Nations and Myanmar struck an agreement in May that the U.N. hopes will eventually allow thousands of Rohingya to return safely and by choice.

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