On Wednesday, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen announced a possible schedule for the repatriation of Rohingya in Dhaka.
“I am expecting that repatriation will start from this September. After Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China, things get moving faster,” he told reporters at his office.
“I have a gut feeling about it. We are getting positive feedback from all our friendly countries who are engaged in this process,” he added.
The minister, who recently concluded his visit to the United Nations (UN) chief and United States (US) lawmakers this month, added that Myanmar would not expect global criticism over the issue during the UN General Assembly to be held in September.
Nay San Lwin, campaign coordinator for the rights group Free Rohingya Coalition expressed that more than a million Myanmar genocide survivors who took refuge in Bangladesh will go back to their homeland if protection, full citizenship, rights to return to their original villages, rights to livelihood, access to education and access to healthcare are guaranteed.
“The genocide hasn’t ended yet. It is ongoing. Until now there is no guarantee for anything,” Lwin added later.
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