United Nations says staff will visit Rakhine state in first step towards repatriation of 700,000 refugees camped in BangladeshMyanmar’s government has announced an agreement with two UN agencies for their help in the return of refugees who fled violence in western Rakhine state.About 700,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have fled to squalid camps in neighbouring Bangladesh since last August, when Myanmar’s army led a brutal crackdown following insurgent attacks on security posts. Continue reading…
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