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| Myanmar to take back soon 9,000 of its nationals from BD |
| 2009-12-30 |
| The Myanmar authorities on Tuesday agreed to repatriate soon around 9,000 of its nationals out of 28,000 who are staying in two camps in Cox's Bazar as registered refugees. Myanmar's visiting Deputy Foreign Minister Maung Myint, who held foreign secretary level talks here with Bangladesh Foreign Secre-tary Mijarul Quayes, agreed to take back the refugees shortly as Bangladesh handed over a list of 28,000 Myanmar nationals registered by the UNHCR as refugees. Briefing reporters on the outcome of the 4th Foreign Secretary level consultations, Mijarul Quayes said the remaining registered refugees will also be repatriated after verification by the Myanmar government about their nationality. The Myanmar side has no reservation to repatriate them back after verification of the nationality of these undocumented refugees. The refugees, popularly known as Rohingyas from Myanmar state of Arakan, started entering the country since late 1991. So far, 236,000 refugees were sent back over the decades with the help of UNHCR. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 HMMMM, HMMMMM, DAILY TIMES.PK has it as > NO COUNTRY FOR 400,000 [Myanmar] MUSLIM REFUGEES, REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH SAY "NO" TO REPATRIATION. Methinks its safe to say that for every Muslim refugee Myanmar/Burma takes back, TWO OR MORE go over the border into BANGLA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-30 19:34 |