The document, which was circulated to diplomats, also advises other agencies not to assist with any such camps. The US State Department said in a statement on Sunday any returnees to Myanmar “must have freedom of movement and not be confined to camps”. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh to escape a sweeping army crackdown in the north of Myanmar’s Rakhine state last year. More than 1 million Rohingya lived in Rakhine before the exodus of refugees that began in August last year. Returnees would only be allowed to travel within Maungdaw township if they accepted National Verification Cards, an identity document most Rohingya reject because they say it brands them as foreigners.

Source: bd News24 November 13, 2018 11:37 UTC