Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with UN representatives on the agreement between Myanmar and Bangladesh on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

​Since the 30 October announcement by the Governments of Bangladesh and Burma on repatriation of refugees, officials at the British Embassy in Burma and the British High Commission in Bangladesh have spoken with senior members of the respective UN country offices about the UK's concerns regarding premature returns. A senior DFID official reinforced these messages with UNHCR's Director for Asia on 2 November, calling on UNHCR not to support returns unless they were safe, dignified and voluntary.