Describing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) over Rohingya repatriation as vague, security analysts and journalists said the instrument signed between Bangladesh and Myanmar would not serve any useful purpose. They stressed that citizenship and other basic rights of the Rohingya must be guaranteed before the repatriation. “In the previous agreements signed in 1977 and 1992, they [Myanmar authorities] said they would take the Rohingya refugees back. It is said that the repatriation will start within two months, but when it will conclude has not been specified in the MoU. Ro Nay San Lwin, a Rohingya activist based in Europe, said the Myanmar government must give Rohingya people the national identity cards acknowledging their full citizenship.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 24, 2017 19:30 UTC