A military junta delegation from Myanmar reaches Bangladesh on Tuesday to discuss with the Banglaauthorities over the repatriation process for Muslim refugees.

Theteam comprises 32 officials under the leadership of Saw Naing, Maungdaw district immigrationdirector from Rakhine State.

Accordingto Dhaka Tribune media outlet, the junta delegation had arrived inCox’s Bazar locality of south Bangladesh todiscuss Rohingya refugees issues so that the long-stalled plan for therefugees’ return can be materialised.

The additional Refugee Relief and RepatriationCommissioner (RRRC) Shamsud Douza and other Bangla government officials havediscussed this with thevisiting Myanmar team.

Earlier on 15 March and 25 May, Myanmar sentdelegations to Bangladesh over the same issues. The verification of about 700persecuted minority people was already completed.

Meanwhile on 5 May, a delegation of Banglagovernment officers and representatives of Refugee community visited Rakhine State to inspect the groupsituation.

Douza informed that the discussion will go withthe repatriation process and verification of refugees (who are returning toMyanmar).

On Tuesday, 150 Refugee families were interviewed by thevisiting team at Leda-Nayapara camp.

Dhaka sent a list of 888,000 refugees toMyanmar in 2018, following which Nay Pyi Daw returned a list of 68,000 people.

In January 2022, 1,140 people were initially selectedfor repatriation as part of a pilot project. Myanmar agreed to accept 711 Refugees after raisingobjections to the remaining others.

During the period, a delegation with 17 memberscame to Bangladesh to verify the information relating to those 429 people.

Bajlul Rahman, leader of Leda refugee camp in Teknaf, participated inthe meeting with the Myanmar team and stated that more than 50 people werebrought from his camp. They talked about the return journey to Myanmar.

Nur Kabir, a settler of Teknaf's Shalbagan refugee camp, also attendedthe meeting and he said that they presented their demands in front of thevisiting Myanmar delegates.