Rohingya Repatriation, Relocation Plans Pushed Back to 2019

According to Reuters, Bangladesh’s plans to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis have been stalled until the new year with repatriation and relocation programs only likely to be revisited following year-end general elections. Abul Kalam, Bangladesh’s refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, told Reuters “a new course of action” needed to be adopted on repatriation that took into account refugees’ key demands. The repatriation of the first batch of refugees was set to begin on Nov.