Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to secure the (1) civil rights, (2) personal human rights, (3) land ownership rights, and (4) security, of any Rohingya people returned to Burma under the repatriation agreement made by the government of Burma with Bangladesh.

The UK proposed and secured the 6 November UN Security Council Presidential Statement, which called on the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the repatriation of refugees is safe, voluntary and in dignity. It also called on the Government of Burma to protect its population and promote and protect human rights, without discrimination and regardless of ethnicity or religion, including by allowing freedom of movement, equal access to basic services, and equal access to full citizenship for all individuals. The British Ambassador to Burma emphasised the importance of the implementation of the Rakhine Advisory Commission recommendations, which is central to progress on all of these issues, in his meeting with the Minister of the Office of the State Counsellor on 11 January.