Clearance Operation: Rohingya and Country Myanmar

clearance operation: Though Myanmar's army claimed it was a clearance operation against the terrorists, the United Nations, United States and others have said the operations were ethnic cleansing to remove the Rohingya from the country, according to The Chronicle Herald. Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement in November to repatriate Rohingya and set up a working group last month to oversee the repatriation of people who had fled violence in the northern part of Rakhine state in western Myanmar. More than 650,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown in August following attacks on police posts by a militant group. Win Myat Aye, the minister of social welfare, relief and resettlement, said Myanmar was hosting a one-day meeting Monday with Bangladesh officials in the capital Naypyitaw to discuss the logistics of how many Rohingya will be allowed into Myanmar and how they will be scrutinized to be placed in the camps. We are planning ahead to be able accept the returnees from next week and we are sure that this will be done on time, Win Myat Aye said. Officials plan to start the repatriation process from Jan. 23. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.