Guardian - 22 January 2018, 09:53 (+ 2309 days 11 hours and 25 minutes) International
Bangladeshi agreement to send back members of abused minority, due to begin on Tuesday, is on holdThe gradual repatriation of more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar from Bangladesh has been postponed amid widespread fears that refugees would be forced to return, a Bangladeshi official has said.“The main thing is that the process has to be voluntary,” said Abul Kalam, the refugee and repatriation commissioner, on Monday. He added that paperwork for returning refugees had not yet been finalised and transit camps had yet to be built in Bangladesh. The repatriation had been due to begin on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear when the process would now start. Continue reading...