# Myanmar: Why Rohingya refugees can't return

https://mins.news/en/item/30588

- DW, 2026-08-24 13:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/myanmar-why-rohingya-refugees-can-t-return/a-78485340?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Nine years after the Rohingya were driven from Myanmar, the military-backed government is again discussing repatriation from camps in Bangladesh. Myanmar says it has verified about 308,000 of 820,000 submitted names, but analysts say safe, large-scale returns are even less realistic amid civil war in Rakhine State, loss of military control and the Rohingya’s continued exclusion from citizenship.

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