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Six years since influx: Rohingya repatriation expected to start from December

by Raheed Ejaz in Prothom Alo, Aug 25, 2023Exactly six years ago on this day (25 August), thousands of Rohingya men and women crossed the border over from Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh, in a bid to save their lives. Over the next few months, at least 700,000 Rohingya crossed the Naf river and took shelter in Bangladesh, fleeing from the atrocities of the Myanmar armed forces. Even back then it had been feared that…