Tag: Hindu refugees

By Arul Louis, United Nations : Myanmar has said that 508 Hindus are among around 1,000 refugees cleared for the first batch to be repatriated to their homes from Bangladesh. The list, which also includes 750 Muslims, has been handed over to Bangladesh authorities to "expedite" the process of repatriating refugees now in the neighbouring country, Myanmar's Permanent Representative Hau Do Suan told the Security Council on Tuesday during a briefing on the situation there on Tuesday. The repatriation process has not yet started, although he said that it was to have...