The repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims appears unlikely to proceed after many who were eligible say they didn't want to return to Myanmar without safety and citizenship guarantees.
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Rohingya children and refugees raise their hands and shout that they won't go back to Myanmar during a demonstration at Kutupalong near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Officials from the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh's government say few Muslim Rohingya refugees have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did say they don't want to go back.
Members of at least 221 Rohingya Muslim families were interviewed Wednesday and Tuesday ahead of the repatriation that was scheduled to start Thursday. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government will not force the refugees to return and the repatriation will only happen if they are willing.
The U.N. refugee agency “is working with concerned governments to help create conditions conducive to return, to assess whether or not these people are going back voluntarily,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York.Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres, a former U.N. refugee chief, has stressed that it’s important for refugees to have the information they need to decide whether or not to return.
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