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Rohingya Repatriation: Waiting for Godot?
The situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has tensed up again, with another incident of shootout between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) taking place recently. The military has been using mortars and launching airstrikes against the Arakan Army. The military choppers entered Bangladesh airspace several times, violating international laws. Hostilities across the border have raised new tension and pose a threat to the chances of repatriation of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
More than 1.1 million Rohingyas are living in 34 camps in Cox’s Bazar at present. The country accommodated the displaced Rohingyas and took multiple initiatives to repatriate them to their homeland, Myanmar. At least two attempts for repatriation have failed since the latest influx in 2017. In August this year, observing five years of their exodus to Bangladesh, they reiterated the urgency of repatriation to their homeland.
Before that, they arranged a campaign under the banner “Go Home” in the camps to draw the global communities’ attention to take emergency steps to repatriate them with safety and dignity. During the then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s visit to the camps in August, they demanded UN’s effective initiatives to improve the situation in their homeland and start the repatriation.
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