Mounting confusion over forced Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar

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"Expulsion planned for Thursday may not go ahead as Rohingya go into hiding while agencies warn return too dangerous...There is growing confusion over whether the planned forced repatriation of Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar will begin on Thursday as planned. Bangladesh began preparations to send back an initial group of Rohingya to Myanmar in line with a bilateral plan agreed by the two governments in October. The move has been opposed by the United Nations? refugee agency and aid groups who fear for the safety of the ethnic minority. The Rohingya themselves have also said they are terrified of returning to the Buddhist-majority country. Some have gone into hiding. "It is not happening tomorrow as nobody wants to go back," Reuters news agency quoted one anonymous source as saying. Bangladesh has deployed the army to the refugee camps ahead of the expulsion in a move Human Rights Watch said underlined the refugees? fear of return. ?Genocidal intent?: UN says Myanmar military leaders must face prosecution "The Bangladesh government will be stunned to see how quickly interntional opinion turns against it if it starts sending unwilling Rohingya refugees back into harm?s way in Myanmar," Bill Frelick, the group?s refugee rights director, said in a statement..."

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Al Jazeera

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2018-11-15

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2018-11-15

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