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Executive: Security Situation and Refugee Camps

executive: This moment is not safe to go back, he said, according to Toronto Star. We have to improve the security situation inside Myanmar to send them back. While many Rohingya want to eventually return to their villages, UNICEF deputy executive director Justin Forsyth said that no one he met during visits to Bangladesh's refugee camps said they would go back now. Read more Skepticism, worry amid preparation for Rohingya repatriation to Burma Article Continued Below Burma says first camp for returning Rohingya refugees will be ready next week Bangladesh, Burma aim to finish return of Rohingya refugees within two years More than 680,000 Rohingya fled Burma's Rakhine state beginning in August, after Burma security forces began clearance operations in their villages in the wake of attacks by Rohingya insurgents on police posts. Bill Richardson resigned suddenly from an advisory panel on the crisis, calling it a whitewash and a cheerleading operation for Burma leader Aung San Suu Kyi. While most of the refugees left Burma in the first weeks of the crisis, Rohingya are continuing to trickle across the border into Bangladesh, complaining of mistreatment at home. react-empty 163 Forsyth spoke one day after former New Mexico Gov. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.