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"The Working Committee on Resettling
Returnees held a coordination
meeting at the Ministry of
Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
on 7 November.
Committee on the acceptance
and resettlement of returnees
Chairman and Union
SWRR Minister Dr Win Myat
Aye, working committee Chairman
and Deputy Minister U Soe
Aung, Joint-Chairman and Rakhine
State Minister for Electricity,
Industry and Transportation U
Aung Kyaw Zan, UEHRD representatives,
department officials
and representatives of UN agencies
attended the meeting.
Dr Win Myat Aye spoke first
at the meeting. He said that while
there have been people who
fled their homes in Rakhine
State during the ARSA attacks
in 2017, there were also people
who sought shelter in the closest
homes of their relatives and the
committee has been trying to
resettle them.
He said as his ministry handles
resettlement and socioeconomic
development in the region,
they formed the Committee for
Accepting and Resettling Returnees
and two relevant working
committee in July 2018. He
said his ministry has conducted
numerous fieldwork to ensure
genuine information is gathered
to effectively assist the various
processes.
The Union Minister said the
State Counsellor mentioned the
delicate yet complicated nature
of the Rakhine State issue during
the 10th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok.
She said the UN agencies
who have been located in Rakhine
longer than the incumbent
government should have a better
understanding of the complexity
of the issue..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2019-11-09
Date of entry:
2019-11-09
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
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