YANGON: Myanmar says dozens of Rohingya Muslims who fled to neighbouring Bangladesh have returned voluntarily and will be sent to a transit centre pending resettlement. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled mainly Buddhist Myanmar after a violent army crackdown began last August in the western state of Rakhine, a process that the US and UN have described as ethnic cleansing. The returnees entered Myanmar in different stages over the last four months, said Suu Kyi spokesman Zaw Htay. Myanmar did not give any information on the group’s members and Bangladeshi authorities said they were unaware of any details. The Rohingya are reviled by many in Myanmar, where they are branded as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh despite their long roots in Rakhine state.

Source: New Strait Times May 28, 2018 08:15 UTC