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.