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Myanmar to accept 300,000 Rohingya returns after security improves

8/15/2026

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Myanmar said it will accept the return of 300,000 Rohingya refugees once security improves.
The Myanmar Ministry verified 426,545 of 828,824 refugees, including 308,797 former western Rakhine residents, 113,507 unverified individuals, and 4,241 linked to terrorist activities.
Myanmar rejected claims of over 1 million displaced, citing about 540,000 2017 crossings and 200,000 people remaining in northern Rakhine, and said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s 5,000-return figure applies only to verified Myanmar nationals.

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Myanmar said it will accept the return of 300,000 Rohingya refugees once security improves.
The Myanmar Ministry verified 426,545 of 828,824 refugees, including 308,797 former western Rakhine residents, 113,507 unverified individuals, and 4,241 linked to terrorist activities.
Myanmar rejected claims of over 1 million displaced, citing about 540,000 2017 crossings and 200,000 people remaining in northern Rakhine, and said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s 5,000-return figure applies only to verified Myanmar nationals.