Myanmar says some Rohingya refugees returned voluntarily
Rohingya refugees
Quoting a statement published from the office of Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a report said that about 58 Rohingyas have already crossed back to Myanmar after the situation in Bangladesh became unbearable
Myanmar has claimed that several Rohingya Muslims have voluntarily returned to the country and will be sent to a transit centre pending resettlement.
Quoting a statement published from the office of Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a report said that about 58 Rohingyas have already crossed back to Myanmar after the situation in Bangladesh became unbearable.
It further added that the Rohingyas were detained for failing to follow proper repatriation procedures and on their return to Myanmar they would be "temporarily" housed in a transit camp.
It said that in the last four months, the Rohingyas have returned to Myanmar in different stages.
While a Bangladeshi refugee commissioner has refused of having any knowledge of Rohingya refugees returning to Rakhine on their own.
Bangladesh refugee commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam said, "We haven't heard of any such incidents of refugees returning to Rakhine through their own volition or under their own arrangement from the camps".
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The UN has meanwhile stated that the condition in Myanmar was not yet favourable for the Rohingyas to return.
It said, "Safe, dignified and sustainable returns are of course impossible under current conditions."
Myanmar has witnessed a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims due to alleged large-scale violence by the country's army. Consequently, over 700,000 people from the community fled from the country.
As the refugees began to arrive, Bangladesh requested Myanmar to take them resulting in an agreement between the two sides.
Myanmar said it was ready to take back the Rohingyas who had fled from the country last August.
The two countries are accusing each other of the responsibility for the delay in implementing a repatriation deal.
The Rohingya Muslims who had fled Myanmar to avoid persecution have been unwilling to return to their land without assurance of basic rights and protections.
They also wanted the right to return to their old villages rather than to transit camps.
(With inputs from AFP)