Bangladesh has told the UN Security Council that it will no longer be able to take in refugees from Myanmar and urged the council to take decisive action.<br />''<br />''Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque told a council meeting yesterday that the crisis over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya sheltering in his country had gone from bad to worse.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Around 7,40,000 Muslim Rohingya are living in camps in Bangladesh after they were driven out of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state during a military campaign in 2017.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Under a deal reached with Bangladesh, Myanmar agreed to take back some of the refugees, but the United Nations insists that the safety of the Rohingya be a condition for their return.UN envoy to Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener reported slow progress in efforts to help hundreds of thousands of Rohingya return home and warned that Myanmar's elections next year could worsen the crisis.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />
News On AIR | March 1, 2019 1:15 PM
Will no longer take in Myanmar refugees: Bangladesh to UN