Rohingya protesters in Bangladesh march against Myanmar repatriation
Bangladesh has begun preparations to send an initial batch of 2,200 Rohingya back to its neighbour
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh protested on Thursday against any attempt to send them back to Myanmar after the launch of a repatriation plan was postponed. Bangladesh had begun preparations to repatriate an initial batch of 2,200 Rohingya to Myanmar on Thursday, in line with a plan agreed with Myanmar in October, but by late afternoon no refugees had been moved back across the border, Myanmar officials said. There have been extensive doubts about the plan, which has been opposed by the UN refugee agency and aid groups, who fear for the safety of the Rohingya in Myanmar, and by many Rohingya in camps in Bangladesh. “No, no, we won’t go,” hundreds of Rohingya protesters chanted in the Unchiprang camp in southeast Bangladesh, near the Myanmar border. Some protesters also waved placards that read “We want justice” and “We will never return to Myanmar without our citizenship”. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled a sweeping army crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 201...
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