Myanmar promises ‘safe’ returns ahead of Malaysia repatriations, even as UN says conditions aren’t there yet
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YANGON, Sept 3 — Myanmar pledged on Thursday “safe and dignified” returns for its citizens displaced abroad, after the United Nations and rights groups raised concerns about...
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The Myanmar foreign ministry also repeated its disavowal of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, members of which campaigners fear may be plunged back into danger by the return scheme.
In July, Malaysia said Myanmar had agreed to take back 5,000 members of the Rohingya, a group which has faced a campaign of violent discrimination in Myanmar since 2017.
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