Do more to address Rohingya and Myanmar crises, say advocates, as Bangladesh’s calls for repatriation grow louder

Bangladeshi High Commissioner Khalilur Rahman says Canada needs to step it up to repatriate the Rohingya back to Myanmar, but that may not be possible due to the grim safety and security situation.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced in June that she intends to appoint a special envoy for Myanmar and the Rohingya. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 3, 2022

Amid a democratic crisis in Myanmar following the 2021 coup, Canada needs to do more to help address the Rohingya refugee crisis, say advocates and a diplomat. Since 2017, around 900,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Bangladesh amidst a genocide being carried out by the ...

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