Miserable Camps : Bangladesh Expects to Start Repatriating Rohingya Refugees Back to Myanmar But When? Published January 21st, 2021 - 08:02 GMT
Rohingya refugees search for their belongings after a fire broke out at Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf on January 14, 2021. AFP
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More details of the repatriation will be discussed by Bangladesh and Myanmar early in February.
Bangladeshi authorities are expecting the long-awaited repatriation of Rohingya refugees to begin this year following an agreement with Myanmar, officials in Dhaka said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh is hosting more than 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims at cramped makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar, which is considered the world’s largest refugee settlement. Most have fled violence and persecution following a military crackdown by the Myanmar army in Rakhine state in 2017.