Myanmar finalises its plans for return of Rohingya

YANGON:Myanmar MYANMAR HAS SAID IT WOULD BUILD A TRANSIT CAMP THAT CAN HOUSE 30,000 ROHINGYA BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACE OF ORIGIN

is making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine, state media said on Saturday, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the UN.

Rakhine state chief minister Nyi Pu “insisted on completion of the finishing touches on buildings, medical clinics and sanitation infrastructures” during a visit to repatriation camps on Friday, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said.

It published a photo of his delegation standing by a long, wooden structure that will be used to house returnees at the camp near Maungtaw. A wire-mesh fence topped by barbed wire appears in the background of the photo.

Over 655,500 Muslim Rohingya fled to Bangladesh after the Myanmar military cracked down in the northern part of Rakhine in response to militant attacks on security forces on August 25. The UN described the operation as ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, which Myanmar denies.

Myanmar will start receiving Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh at two reception centres and the temporary camp near Maungtaw starting on Tuesday and continuing over the next two years, under an agreement the two countries signed this week.

Bangladesh will provide a list of prospective returnees with forms attesting to their residency in Myanmar. Some returnees will cross over by land and others via a river along the border, it said.

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