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Published on September 2, 2014
The decision came at a successful meeting marking the 8th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between Bangladesh and Myanmar at the foreign ministry.
In a bid to make sure all the Rohingyas been able to go home, the government will launch a detailed survey on unregistered Myanmarese nationals. The move of repatriation emerges towards strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.
Initially, Myanmar agreed to take back 2,415 people of the 32,000, who have already been verified by the country’s authorities as its nationals, according to media reports.
Official estimates show about 2,50,877 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh in 1991 following persecution by the military junta. Of them, 2,36,599 were repatriated through bilateral negotiation between Bangladesh and Myanmar with the UNHCR supervision till 2005. The process halted after a group of 92 Rohingyas was sent back that year.
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