Description:
''At the meeting opening of
reception centres in Taung Pyo
Letwe and Nga Khu Ya to receive
persons from Rakhine State who
were displaced to Bangladesh
due to terrorism, arrangements
made for board and lodging for
the returnees, construction of
houses near the villages where
the displaced persons lived before,
forms for receiving returnees
as agreed in the bilateral
agreement sent by Bangladesh
and reply from Myanmar side,
readiness for receiving returnees
who were already assessed
and the process of receiving
them, arrangements made for
returnees who were issued with
national verification card (NV
Card) to apply for assessment of
citizenship and to hold an appropriate
card, the present status of
issuing NV cards, NV Card being
the first step toward scrutizing
citizenship and follow up steps
toward citizenship, explanations
made to the locals on about NV
Card and its benefit, May Yu FM
Radio broadcast in Maungtaw
and Buthidaung area in Bama,
Rakhine and Bengali languages,
distribution of pamphlets in IDP
camps, Myanmar-Bangladesh
bilateral cooperation on receiving
returnees and the delay in
repatriation work despite having
people who want to return, signing
of MoU between the ministry,
UNDP and UNHCR to succeed
in the work, status of conducting
three step field visit according to
the MoU, assessment of according
to 1982 Myanmar Citizenship
Law, status of humanitarian assistance
and support of UN and
international organisations on
a dignified return of returnees
were discussed frankly and
views exchanged...''
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2019-01-29
Date of entry:
2019-01-29
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- Individual Documents
Category:
Geographic coverage:
- Myanmar
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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Resource Type:
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Text quality:
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