Myanmar officials have met with Rohingya refugee families in Bangladesh to discuss their repatriation to Myanmar.
The officials travelled to Bangladesh on Tuesday to meet with refugees amid a new repatriation plan brokered by China. The push is part of a pilot repatriation scheme discussed in a three-way meeting between the two countries and China in April.
Bangladesh hosts nearly one million Rohingya refugees, most of whom fled Myanmar in 2017, when the military launched what the United Nations describes as a campaign with “genocidal intent” against the mostly Muslim minority.
Many of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh live in overcrowded, dangerous, and under-resourced refugee camps, and several previous attempts to broker their return home have failed due to reluctance from Myanmar.
The refugees have also refused to go back, fearing further persecution.
Human rights organizations have previously voiced concerns that conditions for the safe, sustainable, and dignified return of Rohingya to Myanmar do not currently exist.
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