The Rakhine State Military Council officials visited Teknaf, Bangladesh to discuss the readmission of Muslim refugees. However, according to the refugees, they were not given the opportunity to express their needs or make any requests during the meeting. The 14-member team, led by Rakhine State Military Council Social Affairs Minister U Aung Myo and the Maungdaw district
A team consisting of approximately 20 refugees and officials from Bangladesh, known as the "Go to See" team, is scheduled to visit the Maungdaw region of Rakhine State on May 5. The purpose of their visit is to assess the preparedness of the Military Council to facilitate the return of Muslim refugees. Upon entering Myanmar via the bilateral friendship bridge in Taung Pyo Let
A team consisting of approximately 20 refugees and officials from Bangladesh, known as the "Go to See" team, is scheduled to visit the Maungdaw region of Rakhine State on May 5. The purpose of their visit is to assess the preparedness of the Military Council to facilitate the return of Muslim refugees. In March, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Mizzima Human Rights Watch said Bangladesh authorities should suspend plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, where their lives and liberty would be at grave risk. Rohingya told Human Rights Watch that they were lied to, deceived, or otherwise coerced by Bangladesh administrators into meeting with a recent delegation of Myanmar junta officials as part of a “pilot repatriation” effort to return about 1,000 refugees. Some were told the meetings concerned possible resettlement to a third country.