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Bangladesh Expects to Start Rohingya Repatriation to Myanmar in June

Shaikh Azizur Rahman

   Bangladesh officials say they expect to begin a third effort to
   repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to their homes in
   Myanmar's Rakhine state in June.

   The target date -- seen as premature by many Rohingya -- emerged from
   this week's talks between the two countries under Chinese mediation.

   "We proposed beginning the repatriation by March. But Myanmar said that
   for some logistical reasons they would need some more time," said
   Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, who led the Bangladeshi
   side in the tripartite meeting Tuesday.

   "Following our meeting, it appears, we would be able to begin the
   repatriation by June," Momen told reporters in Dhaka.

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