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BD eyes new Rohingya repatriation bid

By AFP
August 17, 2019

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar are considering a fresh attempt next week to repatriate a few of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled a military crackdown two years ago, Dhaka officials said on Friday.Some 740,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in August 2017 from Myanmar.