Myanmar, Bangladesh reach agreement on repatriating Rohingya refugees

The Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Source: AAP

Displaced Rohingya Muslims are to start returning to their homeland within weeks under an agreement between officials from Myanmar and Bangladesh. Myanmar has vowed to provide an environment free from violence and persecution. But the United Nations wants better safeguards in place before any repatriations.


More than 700,000 Rohingya refugees started crossing from the west of predominantly Buddhist Myanmar into Bangladesh in August last year. 

They were fleeing a brutal military crackdown by Myanmar security forces, triggered by insurgent Rohingya attacks on police posts. 

The subsequent mass exodus has caused a humanitarian crisis with attempts stalled to return the Muslim minorities home. 

But now officials from both Myanmar and Bangladesh say they'll soon be ready to do so.

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