Attempt to dispel Rohingya fears

A Burmese official in Rakhine state said yesterday that Rohingya refugees who return will not be held in newly built camps “forever”.

Ye Htut was speaking in northern Rakhine, the site of a military crackdown last August that emptied the region of some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims.

Burma says it is ready to take back refugees, but so far not a single Rohingya has returned.