1-Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar --- UNHCR successfully negotiated with the Bangladeshi (BD) government against sending the Rohingya people back to Myanmar despite a bilateral agreement in 2017 on the timeframe for repatriation of the Rohingya who arrived after military operations in 2016 and 2017. Both UNHCR and the BD government have long-term agreement on principles (non-refoulement, international humanitarian law etc) which are also the basis for granting refugee status to some 30,000 displaced Rohingya people back in the 1990s.

BD is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and there were a small number of Hindu people who wanted to return to Rakhine voluntarily.

Source author: Ivy Susanti ivysusanti@gmail.com