The current Bangladesh government can be said to have failed on the issue of Rohingya repatriation
The country will discuss the repatriation of Rohingya before the general elections in Myanmar in early November.
A meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar at the foreign secretary level was scheduled for February to restart talks on Rohingya repatriation. At the request of Myanmar, it was decided to do it two months back in May.
But the meeting did not take place due to coronavirus infection. In such a situation, the discussion of starting Rohingya repatriation has practically stopped.
With the coronavirus situation now, the meeting is unlikely to take place in August. And if not in August, this year’s meeting may not be. Because, the general election in Myanmar in early November. There are no indications that the country will be interested in discussing Rohingya repatriation before the election.
Bangladesh and Myanmar signed an agreement in November 2016 to start Rohingya repatriation. The Joint Working Group (JWG) was formed at the Foreign Secretary level in February of the following year to begin repatriation.
The fourth and final meeting of the JWG was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in May last year. Bangladesh wanted to hold the fifth meeting of the JWG in February this year.The United Nations has called Myanmar’s military operation in Rakhine state, which began on August 25, 2017, a genocide aimed at killing the Rohingya people. The Rohingyas, victims of atrocities, fled Rakhine and took refuge in various camps in Cox’s Bazar to save their lives. There are now more than 1 million Rohingyas there.
2021-05-04 15:13:04
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