Staff Reporter :
A delegation of Myanmar government led by Minister of State Counsellor Office U Kyaw Tint Swe is going to Bangladesh within the week to discuss the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled Rakhine State following an upsurge of violence there.
“We don’t know exactly the date. But they will go within next day or two,” Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister Dr Win Myat Aye, told The Myanmar Times on Thursday.
He said among the prioritized plans in the recommendations for the Rakhine state of the Advisory Commission and the
Maungdaw Investigation Commission, was carrying out the repatriation of thousands of Muslim refugees as fast as possible based on the 1993 Myanmar-Bangladesh agreement.
According to the 1993 Joint Statement between Myanmar and Bangladesh, Myanmar agreed to take measures to halt the outflow of refugees to Bangladesh, and to accept, after scrutiny, all ‘those carrying Myanmar identity cards’, ‘those able to present other documents issued by relevant Myanmar authorities’ and ‘all those able to furnish evidence of their residence in Myanmar’ and ‘all those willing to return to Myanmar’.
“We will repatriate all of refugees whose identity we can verify based on the 1993 agreement,” said Dr Win Myat Aye adding the repatriation would begin after an agreement is reached during the discussion between two countries.
According to the Implementing Committee for Recommendations of Rakhine State, it has designated two places to receive the refugees, the Taungpyoletwea and Ngakhuya villages.
The Committee said the refugees who would be repatriated from land route will be received at Taungpyoletwea village and those passing through the rivers will able to be received at Ngakhuya village.
The Implementing Committee for Recommendations of Rakhine State held its 3rd meeting on Wednesday and estimated to spend K2 billion for repatriation process and the planned resettlement of the refugees at Dar gyizar village, about 20 km from Maungdaw township.
“There are many things to negotiate with regards to security situation before repatriation,” said committee chairman Dr Win Myat Aye.
The United Nations on Thursday said the number of Rohingya Muslims that have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since August has topped 500,000.
A delegation of Myanmar government led by Minister of State Counsellor Office U Kyaw Tint Swe is going to Bangladesh within the week to discuss the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled Rakhine State following an upsurge of violence there.
“We don’t know exactly the date. But they will go within next day or two,” Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister Dr Win Myat Aye, told The Myanmar Times on Thursday.
He said among the prioritized plans in the recommendations for the Rakhine state of the Advisory Commission and the
Maungdaw Investigation Commission, was carrying out the repatriation of thousands of Muslim refugees as fast as possible based on the 1993 Myanmar-Bangladesh agreement.
According to the 1993 Joint Statement between Myanmar and Bangladesh, Myanmar agreed to take measures to halt the outflow of refugees to Bangladesh, and to accept, after scrutiny, all ‘those carrying Myanmar identity cards’, ‘those able to present other documents issued by relevant Myanmar authorities’ and ‘all those able to furnish evidence of their residence in Myanmar’ and ‘all those willing to return to Myanmar’.
“We will repatriate all of refugees whose identity we can verify based on the 1993 agreement,” said Dr Win Myat Aye adding the repatriation would begin after an agreement is reached during the discussion between two countries.
According to the Implementing Committee for Recommendations of Rakhine State, it has designated two places to receive the refugees, the Taungpyoletwea and Ngakhuya villages.
The Committee said the refugees who would be repatriated from land route will be received at Taungpyoletwea village and those passing through the rivers will able to be received at Ngakhuya village.
The Implementing Committee for Recommendations of Rakhine State held its 3rd meeting on Wednesday and estimated to spend K2 billion for repatriation process and the planned resettlement of the refugees at Dar gyizar village, about 20 km from Maungdaw township.
“There are many things to negotiate with regards to security situation before repatriation,” said committee chairman Dr Win Myat Aye.
The United Nations on Thursday said the number of Rohingya Muslims that have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since August has topped 500,000.
