"calling on the international community to work on a roadmap for the voluntary return of the persecuted minority back to their homeland in Myanmar. Speaking in Cox's Bazar on Monday at a two-day conference marking eight years since the mass expulsion of the mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar's Rakhine state, the Nobel peace laureate unveiled a seven-point plan aimed at securing the refugees' safe and voluntary return."
"Their right to return to their own home and homeland has to be secured, he said, urging all parties to develop a practical roadmap for their safe and dignified, voluntary and sustainable return The time is for action right now. Yunus also appealed to donors to reverse declining funding, stressing that increased support was essential to sustain life-saving aid programmes."
Bangladesh can no longer provide additional support for the 1.5 million Rohingya refugees it shelters. The international community is called on to develop a practical roadmap for the voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of Rohingya to Myanmar. A seven-point plan includes securing the right of return, an immediate end to violence, dialogue platforms to ease ethnic tensions, stronger ASEAN and regional involvement, and renewed accountability efforts at the ICJ and ICC. Increased donor funding is essential to sustain life-saving aid. Nearly 800,000 Rohingya fled in August 2017, and the refugee presence has heavily impacted Bangladesh's economy, resources, and environment.
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