Rohingya repatriation

Since 2017, Bangladesh has hosted nearly 1.1 million Rohingya refugees in crowded camps that pose increasing challenges for the country. 

If foreign companies continue to do business with the Myanmar junta, the latter will persist with its brutal offensives against Rohingya Muslims.

The controversial island relocation plan points to the challenges facing the resolution of the refugee crisis in southeastern Bangladesh.

Yet again, Myanmar and Bangladesh are ready to begin repatriations. But little has changed to make that possible.

“We will never go to the concentration camps they are building for us. Would you?”

Despite UN warnings, the two countries announced that the repatriation of Rohingya refugees would take place in mid-November.

A group of Rohingyas are tortured, then made to lie to the press about their treatment upon returning to Myanmar.

In a recent speech, Aung San Suu Kyi tried to shift blame to Bangladesh for the delay in repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

Rohingya refugees are weighing an impossible choice: wait in limbo or risk violence in the hope of a better future. 

While the new pact has been hailed by some as a step forward, it obscures the significant challenges that remain.

New developments make the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh far more difficult.