Rohingyas to be repatriated despite UN genocide warning

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"Bangladesh and Myanmar to start returning refugees days after warning of continuing genocide against Muslims...Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to start the repatriation of Rohingya refugees next month, less than a week after UN investigators warned that a genocide against the Muslim minority was continuing. More than 720,000 of Myanmar?s stateless Rohingya people fled a military crackdown in August last year, taking shelter in crowded camps in Bangladesh and bringing with them harrowing tales of rape, murder and arson. At a meeting of the Bangladeshi foreign secretary, Shahidul Haque, and his Burmese counterpart, Myint Thu, on Tuesday, the two countries drew up a ?very concrete plan” to start repatriations..."

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shaikh Azizur Rahman Tue 30 Oct 2018 17.40 GMT

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"The Guardian"

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2018-10-30

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2018-10-31

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English