Plans for a second attempt at repatriating Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar have spread panic in the world’s largest refugee settlement, home to 1.2 million, prompting humanitarian officials to reassure families that no one will be forced to return.
Plans for a second attempt at repatriating Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar have spread panic in the world’s largest refugee settlement, home to 1.2 million people, prompting humanitarian officials to reassure families that no one will be forced to return.
Increasingly seen as a burden by their hosts in Bangladesh, the Rohingya refugees reacted in fear to the news of possible repatriation, worried they would be forcibly sent back. Fearing that their names might be on the list, some male member of families have gone into hiding while female members say they are considering suicide.
“No one, in no way, will be forced to return,” said Shamimul Haq Pavel, an official with the Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, the Bangladesh government agency overseeing the humanitarian response. “The repatriation process cannot progress if the Rohingya community is not consulted,” said Mohib Ullah, chairman of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights. “We have no information about where they are sending us. They will kill us if we go back to Rakhine. We will protest for our rights until our last breath.”
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