Attacks on Rohingya Muslims appear to be continuing in Myanmar and it is not yet safe for the hundreds of thousands living in refugee camps in Bangladesh to begin returning home, a senior United Nations official said. Many Rohingya want to return eventually to their villages in Myanmar, UNICEF deputy executive director Justin Forsyth said on Wednesday during a visit to the immense Kutupalong refugee camp. “I spoke to one young woman who had been on the phone to her aunt in Rakhine in Myanmar. The repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled violence in Myanmar will not begin as planned, Bangladesh said as authorities admitted "a lot of preparation" was still needed. “I just felt that my advice and counsel would not be heeded.”A Rohingya refugee sells winter clothes at Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on January 24, 2018.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2018 09:33 UTC