Bangladesh, UNHCR to survey Rohingya regarding return to Myanmar


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  • Monday, 19 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees carry bricks to a construction site at the Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will work with the United Nations refugee agency to determine if more than 3,000 Rohingya refugees will accept Myanmar's offer to return home, an official said on Monday, nearly a year after a major repatriation plan failed.

More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine for camps in Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in August 2017 the United Nations has said was perpetrated with "genocidal intent", but many refugees refuse to go back, fearing more violence.

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