Myanmar And Bangladesh Agree To 2-Year Timeframe For Rohingya Return
Over 655,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar, where alleged ethnic cleansing is underway. Now, the two countries have agreed to a schedule for repatriation — but will the Rohingya actually return?
by Colin Dwyer
Jan 16, 2018
2 minutes
In less than half a year, more than 655,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh, telling horrifying stories of systematic rape, murder and arson by Myanmar's military. The "clearance operations" — which , and others have called "ethnic cleansing" — appear to have been aimed at removing members of the Muslim minority from the country.
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