Repatriation of Rohingya refugees would begin "as soon as possible", a Myanmar minister said on Thursday, a day after he visited the makeshift camps of the forcibly displaced Muslim refugees in Bangladesh. Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country. "We work together with Bangladesh government to start repatriation process as soon as possible," Aye said. The Myanmar minister said an "agreed form" to be filled up by the Rohingyas appeared to be a possible difficulty in the repatriation process, adding that if they filled it up "the registration process would be easier". The Myanmar delegation, Ali said, also told Bangladesh side that they took many new ideas for improving livelihood of the returnees.

Source: dna April 12, 2018 17:48 UTC