Rohingya return: Bangladesh unhappy with slow pace in verification
Bangladesh has expressed dismay over Myanmar's slow pace verification of the Rohingya and offered the later all cooperation under three bilateral instruments to expeditiously complete the verification process.
The dismay was communicated at the first ever meeting of the newly formed technical level "Ad-Hoc Task Force for Verification of the Displaced Persons from Rakhine".
The authorities of Bangladesh and Myanmar held the meeting virtually yesterday.
Shah Rizwan Hayat, refugee relief and repatriation commissioner (RRRC), led Bangaldesh side while Ye Tun Oo, deputy director general of the Ministry of Immigration and Population led Myanmar side.
According to foreign ministry officials, Bangladesh had handed over names of 8.4 lakh Rohingyas to Myanmar but so far only about 42,000 were verified.
Some 750,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh following a brutal military campaigns in 2017.
Despite an agreement signed on repatriation and several attempts, Rohingya repatriation did not begin. For over two years, there were no bilateral meetings.
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