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Significance
Dhaka has in recent months relocated some Rohingya refugees to newly built facilities on a remote island, Bhasan Char. The Bangladeshi authorities want refugees to return to Myanmar, as do most refugees themselves, but a formal repatriation process is nowhere in sight.
Impacts
Certain ASEAN members may face a fresh influx of Rohingya refugees that they are unwilling to accept.
Myanmar’s anti-junta National Unity Government will talk up its relatively progressive Rohingya policy in a bid to gain external support.
In the light of the coup, external players will be more concerned about stability in Myanmar than Rohingya repatriation.
Keywords:
Myanmar,
Bangladesh,
AP,
ASEAN,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
South-east Asia,
Thailand,
United Nations,
United States,
BANGLADESH/MYANMAR,
international relations,
politics,
social,
aid,
ethnic,
government,
health,
human rights,
military,
refugees,
coup,
crime,
education,
employment,
guerrillas
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