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Reception Camp: State Television and Transit Centre

reception camp: State television showed the ambassadors touring the border area, according to The Chronicle Herald. Travelling by helicopter, they visited two villages, one transit centre and one reception camp, where refugees who return will initially be housed. Around 700,000 Rohingya fled their homes to squalid camps in Bangladesh last year as Myanmar's army launched a brutal crackdown following insurgent attacks on security posts. They also met with members of different groups affected by the violence, including Rakhine Buddhists, Hindus and some Muslims who did not flee. Min Aung Hlaing. The ambassadors visited refugees in Bangladesh over the weekend, and on Monday held talks with Myanmar officials, including the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and military commander-in-chief Senior Gen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.