Human Rights & Public Liberties

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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Rohingya repatriation

Published on: 31 May, 2023
Cox's Bazar/Bangladesh/Aljazeera.

Cox's Bazar/Bangladesh/Aljazeera.

For the second time in less than three months, a delegation from Myanmar has visited the world’s largest refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh.

It’s part of a pilot project to repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees.

But it has been met with skepticism, with rights campaigners calling it nothing more than a public relations campaign.

Some refugees- those who are short-listed, have complained, that they have been forced coerced into signing repatriation documents.

Even under the convention ( as agreed with UNHCR ), it is supposed to be strictly on a volunteer basis.

Aljazeera.