Myanmar confirms 180,000 Rohingya qualified to return, says Bangladesh news

The Bangladesh government says that the 180,000 names were part of a list of 800,000 Rohingya that Bangladesh presented to Myanmar in six batches.

Myanmar has confirmed that 180,000 refugees in the Rohingya who have lived in Bangladesh since their flight from their homeland are qualified to return.

Friday announcement, follow Conversations in BangkokIt has offered a possible breakthrough in the process of returning home for a long time, although many Rohingya refugees say that all of them should be allowed to return home.

More than a million people from Rohingya were crammed in camps in southeastern Bangladesh, the world’s largest refugee settlement. Most of them fled a brutal campaign by the Myanmar army in 2017.

About 70,000 Rohingya crossed to Bangladesh last year, and many people fled from hunger and violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

The Bangladeshi government’s announcement comes after a meeting between Khalil Al -Rahman, a senior representative of the interim government in Bangladesh, led by Nobel Prize winner Mohamed Younis, and from Soy, Deputy Prime Minister in Myanmar, on both sides of the Sixth Pumestik Summit in Bangkok.

The 180,000 -people names were part of a list of 800,000 Rohingya that Bangladesh presented to Myanmar in six batches between 2018 and 2020. Myanmar has also indicated that the final verification of 70,000 other refugees defines more photos and identity details.

The statement said that Myanmar has pledged to accelerate the verification process of the remaining 550,000 names in the original menu.

There was no immediate comment from the Myanmar government about the results of Bangkok talks.

Many Rohingya refugees have no great hope to return to their homeland, as they continue to face the systematic denial of categorical and basic rights.

Attempts to start returning home in 2018 and 2019 failed with refugees who fear persecution, return.

“After all these years, they only confirm 180,000 names. This does not seem to be more eye washing. We want a real solution,” said Rohingya refugee, Sharafour Rahman, told Reuters.

“Myanmar must bring us all back – not just a few selected – and they must ensure that we are back with full rights, dignity and citizenship. Without that, this process does not mean anything to us.”