Statement from Myanmar regarding the return of Rohingya Muslims

In the statement made by the Ministry, information was given about the return process of Rohingya Muslims who took shelter in camps in Bangladesh since August 2017.

In the statement, it was noted that the identities of 426 thousand 545 people in the list of 828 thousand 824 people given by Bangladesh at the end of July were confirmed.

In the statement, it was stated that 308 thousand 797 people were confirmed to be former residents of Rakhine state, and their return to the country would be accepted "when security conditions improve".

In the statement, it was emphasized that cooperation with Bangladesh will continue regarding the return of former residents of Rakhine.

Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

In 2012, clashes broke out between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state, thousands of people, mostly Muslims, were killed and hundreds of houses and workplaces were set on fire.

Citing the simultaneous attacks on the border posts in Rakhine on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar army and Buddhist nationalists initiated mass acts of violence. According to the United Nations (UN), the number of people who escaped from oppression and persecution in Rakhine and took refuge in Bangladesh after August 2017 exceeded 900 thousand.

International human rights organizations proved that hundreds of villages were destroyed with the satellite images they published.

The UN and international human rights organizations call the violence against Rohingya Muslims "ethnic cleansing" or "genocide".