"For the Bangladeshi foreign secretary to reach out to Singapore and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for assistance with regard to repatriation of the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar to their homeland Myanmar is appreciated and expected, and is yet another step taken by Bangladesh to ensure that the Rohingya population return back home. By now, Myanmar’s indolence and lack of cooperation when it comes to taking back their own people has been well documented, as has the lacklustre support the international community has shown towards expediting the repatriation of the over one million refugees who currently reside within the borders of Bangladesh. Yet Bangladesh, while continuing to go above and beyond in how they provide for this persecuted population, must also not stop putting pressure on the international community for doing the right thing and helping the Rohingya return home. It has been five years since the last mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State. Since then, the fact that we are no closer to repatriation is a sorry state of affairs, and in addition to Myanmar itself for allowing the atrocities to be committed against its own people, the international community, the rights agencies, and collective governments across the world should be held accountable for allowing this sustained injustice to perpetuate. Yet, there is still time for the world to step up and do the right thing. For Singapore and the rest of the Asean, putting pressure on Myanmar, holding the current military regime accountable, and ensuring that the Rohingya are able to return home safely, with all of the rights afforded to a citizen, is the least they can do. Failure to do so would just be a continuation of the impunity Myanmar continues to enjoy, and it will tell the world that organizations and nations alike are all talk, with personal interests trumping morality and doing the right thing..."