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The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday called for lasting solutions to Myanmar’s displacement and refugee crisis, warning that the outcome must enable refugees to return home with a future to look forward to safely.
Senior UN officials underscored the importance of allowing Rohingya refugees to “return home safely and with dignity, while ensuring justice and accountability.” The Rohingya are a Muslim minority from Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Rohingya have faced statelessness, as “many have no legal identity or citizenship” and have been denied this since 1982. In 2017, 742,000 ethnic Rohingya fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape military persecution. According to UN statistics, as of March 2026, 3.7 million Rohingya are internally displaced.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih warned that “an entire generation is growing up in exile” as conflicts continue in Myanmar, and “conditions for voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return do not exist at the moment.”
Attention was drawn to children growing up in displacement camps. Cox’s Bazar, which holds 33 camps, forms “the largest refugee settlement globally” and shelters the majority of Rohingya refugees. According to the UN, the conditions at Cox’s Bazar are concerning. Camps are overcrowded, leaving women and children vulnerable to exploitation, violence, and human trafficking. Poor conditions, including “inadequate water and sanitation facilities heighten the risk of waterborne diseases like hepatitis, acute diarrhoea, and dengue” among refugees. Further, the camps face seasonal challenges brought by natural disasters, including landslides and flooding. The UN secretary-general’s special envoy on Myanmar, Julie Bishop, said that “over 30,000 children are born into the camp each year.”
Salih noted that many refugees expressed a desire to return home to Myanmar, but he warned that this “must mean more than simply crossing a border” and should involve human rights protections, including education, citizenship, the right to work, access to services, and the ability to”live alongside other communities without fear”.
In 2019, The Gambia brought a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Gambia alleged that Myanmar failed to take all measures within its power to prevent and punish acts of genocide against the Rohingya, contrary to its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. The ICJ has begun its deliberations but has not yet delivered its ruling.
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Senior UN officials underscored the importance of allowing Rohingya refugees to “return home safely and with dignity, while ensuring justice and accountability.” The Rohingya are a Muslim minority from Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Rohingya have faced statelessness, as “many have no legal identity or citizenship” and have been denied this since 1982. In 2017, 742,000 ethnic Rohingya fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape military persecution. According to UN statistics, as of March 2026, 3.7 million Rohingya are internally displaced.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih warned that “an entire generation is growing up in exile” as conflicts continue in Myanmar, and “conditions for voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return do not exist at the moment.”
Attention was drawn to children growing up in displacement camps. Cox’s Bazar, which holds 33 camps, forms “the largest refugee settlement globally” and shelters the majority of Rohingya refugees. According to the UN, the conditions at Cox’s Bazar are concerning. Camps are overcrowded, leaving women and children vulnerable to exploitation, violence, and human trafficking. Poor conditions, including “inadequate water and sanitation facilities heighten the risk of waterborne diseases like hepatitis, acute diarrhoea, and dengue” among refugees. Further, the camps face seasonal challenges brought by natural disasters, including landslides and flooding. The UN secretary-general’s special envoy on Myanmar, Julie Bishop, said that “over 30,000 children are born into the camp each year.”
Salih noted that many refugees expressed a desire to return home to Myanmar, but he warned that this “must mean more than simply crossing a border” and should involve human rights protections, including education, citizenship, the right to work, access to services, and the ability to”live alongside other communities without fear”.
In 2019, The Gambia brought a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Gambia alleged that Myanmar failed to take all measures within its power to prevent and punish acts of genocide against the Rohingya, contrary to its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. The ICJ has begun its deliberations but has not yet delivered its ruling.
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