Burma: Rohingya

(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of steps the Government of Myanmar must take to ensure conditions are safe for Rohingya to return.


Answered by
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Mark Field
This question was answered on 16th October 2018

The UK, working with EU partners and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, secured a UN Human Rights Council Resolution on 27 September that sets out the detailed steps the Government of Burma should take to support the return of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons. The resolution stresses that the returns process needs to be in consultation with the populations concerned and in accordance with international law and standards. It calls for the Government of Burma to provide returnees with freedom of movement, unimpeded access to livelihoods and social services; abandon policies and practices that marginalize the Rohingya economically; prevent the destruction of property and loss of rights to property; and address the root causes of their vulnerability and forced displacement.

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