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Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation

  • Myanmar has verified nearly 309,000 displaced people in Bangladesh as former Rakhine residents, but hundreds of thousands on the submitted list remain unverified.
  • Repatriation will only proceed once security in Rakhine improves amid ongoing fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army.
  • Past repatriation attempts in 2018–19 produced no returns, and regional neighbors (like Malaysia) say they will not send people back if their lives would be at risk.
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