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Rumana, 2, is led by a community worker as her and her family are relocated to a safer, new extension area of the Kutupalong-Balukhali camp, part of the refugee camp sheltering over 800,000 Rohingya refugees, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 23, 2018. The biggest refugee camp in the world is battling the onset of the monsoon rains. Humanitarian organisations on the ground and the Bangladeshi government are working hard to minimise the risks from landslides, flash floods, water born diseases and ultimately, loss of life. Thousands are facing dire circumstances as the conditions in the camps are expected to dramatically worsen with the onset of the heavy rains. © UNICEF/Bangladesh/Modola18 The biggest refugee camp in the world is battling the onset of the monsoon rains. Humanitarian organisations on the ground and the Bangladeshi government are working hard to minimize the risks from landslides, flash floods, water born diseases and ultimately, loss of life. Thousands are facing dire circumstances as the conditions in the camps are expected to dramatically worsen with the onset of the heavy rains.

UN urges to stop the ‘rushed plans’ of Rohingya repatriation

7 November 2018 

Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar said on Tuesday.


I urge the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar to halt these rushed plans for repatriation 


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Yanghee Lee ,United Nations human rights expert has implored Bangladesh to shelve “rushed plans” to repatriate Rohingya refugees back across the border into Myanmar’s Rakhine State for fear that without safety guarantees from the Burmese Government, persecution and horrific violence could begin all over again

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Yanghee Lee 


Ms. Lee has repeatedly said that any returns before the root causes of the crisis were dealt with was highly premature and unjust. Moreover, she received credible information from refugees in Cox’s Bazar expressing their deep fear their names will be on the repatriation list – causing distress and anguish.

“I have not seen any evidence of the Government of Myanmar taking concrete and visible measures to create an environment where the Rohingya can return to their place of origin and live there safely with their fundamental rights guaranteed,” said the Special Rapporteur.

Ms. Lee reiterated that the refugees must be given the opportunity to participate in the process, as it was their decision alone to return to Myanmar.

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