Myanmar officials try to convince Rohingya to return, accept ID cards

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees walk towards fishing boats on Shamlapur beach in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

DHAKA/YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar officials visited camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday in an effort to kickstart a process to repatriate hundreds of thousands who fled an army crackdown last year.

More than 700,000 Rohingya refugees crossed into Bangladesh from western Myanmar, U.N. agencies say, after Rohingya insurgent attacks on Myanmar security forces in August 2017 triggered a sweeping military response.