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UNHCR chief unsure about sending back Rohingyas to home

| Updated: October 16, 2017 05:39:49


UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attends a news conference on Myanmar at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday. -Reuters Photo UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attends a news conference on Myanmar at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday. -Reuters Photo

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is unsure about sending back Rohingya refugees to their homeland, Myanmar, from Bangladesh.

 

He called for the plight of up to 800,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to be resolved.

 

The UNHCR chief was speaking on Wednesday on return from a visit to Bangladesh, said that he hoped to discuss the issue of statelessness of Rohingya with Myanmar authorities at a meeting in Geneva next week, reports Reuters.

 

"It is very clear the cause of this crisis is in Myanmar but that the solution is also in Myanmar," he told a news conference in Geneva.

 

He warned that "the risk of spread of terrorist violence in this particular region is very, very high" unless the issue are resolved.

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