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Bazar District: Refugee Camps and Return Home

bazar district: Bangladesh Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Abul Kalam said the identities of the refugees have been confirmed by Myanmar and they could go back there if they want, according to CTV. Speaking in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, he said the government had ordered local officials in Cox's Bazar district to locate those on the list in the four refugee camps there, but their repatriation would only happen if they want to return voluntarily. Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay, speaking in his country's capital, Naypyitaw, said the parties concerned had agreed that the process would begin next Thursday. He said Bangladesh is ready to provide support to any refugees who wish to return home, but also would not use force to make them go back. She said the list was whittled down from 22,000 names that Bangladesh had sent to Myanmar for verification. Caroline Gluck, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told The Associated Press that the Bangladesh government has asked for its help in verifying 3,450 people who signed up for voluntary repatriation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.