November 25, 2017 3:08 PM

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Bangladesh & Myanmar to take help from UNHCR for Rohingya's return

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take assistance from the U.N. refugee agency for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas. This was stated by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Dhaka today. <br/><br/>The two governments signed a pact on Thursday settling the terms for the repatriation process. The return of the Rohingya to Myanmar is expected to start in two months. <br/>'<br/>More than 600,000 Rohingyas sought sanctuary in Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal counter-insurgency in their villages across the northern parts of Rakhine State following attacks by Rohingya militants on an army base and police posts on 25th August.

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