Myanmar says over 300,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth year
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government said Saturday that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western…
Myanmar's military-backed government announced on Saturday that over 300,000 Rohingya refugees residing in camps in Bangladesh are former inhabitants of western Rakhine state. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its intention to welcome their return once security conditions are deemed suitable. This development marks the ninth year of the Rohingya refugee crisis, during which hundreds of thousands of individuals still reside in camps in Bangladesh following their displacement from Myanmar in August 2017.
The military's crackdown on a Rohingya insurgent group resulted in the exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh, augmenting the pre-existing population of Rohingya who had been living in the region for decades amid recurrent violence instigated by Myanmar's military.
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