Rohingya Repatriation Unlikely If It’s ‘Business as Usual’ in Global Politics – The Diplomat

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Since the February 1 military coup in Myanmar, every element of the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees living in Bangladesh back to Myanmar has been up in the air.

Days after the coup, junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing said in a television address that the junta would continue to repatriate the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.

Waves of Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh especially after the 2017 military-led crackdown on Muslims in Rakhine State in western Myanmar.

However, there are few signs that refugees will be able return to a safe life in Rakhine.

In May, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the visiting United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkirn during his visit to Dhaka that safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingya seems uncertain amid the worsening situation in Myanmar.

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