The UN refugee affairs head said that granting citizenship to members of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority is crucial for achieving peace in the country's western state of Rakhine, but economic development is also necessary.<br/><br/>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was speaking in Bangkok today after an official visit to Myanmar.<br/><br/>Grandi said he received assurances from Myanmar's top leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, that refugees from her country who have been sheltering in Thailand erom decades will be welcome back home.<br/><br/>More than 100,000 refugees from Myanmar, virtually all from ethnic minorities, live in camps in Thailand near the border. Grandi next visits Bangladesh, which hosts hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar who have entered since the 1970s. <br/><br/>'''''<br/>

The UN refugee affairs head said that granting citizenship to members of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority is crucial for achieving peace in the country's western state of Rakhine, but economic development is also necessary.<br/><br/>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was speaking in Bangkok today after an official visit to Myanmar.<br/><br/>Grandi said he received assurances from Myanmar's top leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, that refugees from her country who have been sheltering in Thailand erom decades will be welcome back home.<br/><br/>More than 100,000 refugees from Myanmar, virtually all from ethnic minorities, live in camps in Thailand near the border. Grandi next visits Bangladesh, which hosts hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar who have entered since the 1970s. <br/><br/>'''''<br/>