Myanmar has said it is ready to take back the refugees and has built transit centers to house them initially on their return.<\/p>\n

But it has complained that Bangladesh has not provided its officials with the correct forms. Bangladesh has rejected those claims and U.N. aid agencies say it is not yet safe for the refugees to return.<\/p>\n

Given the delays, Bangladesh has been preparing new homes on a remote island called Bhasan Char, which rights groups have said could be subject to flooding. Cox\u2019s Bazar is also vulnerable to flooding but this year\u2019s monsoon season was light.<\/p>\n

Hasina said building permanent structures for refugees on the mainland \u201cis not at all a possibility (and) not acceptable\u201d since they are Myanmar citizens and must return.<\/p>\n

Rohingya regard themselves as native to Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine state, but are widely considered interlopers by the country\u2019s Buddhist majority and are denied citizenship.<\/p>\n

Human rights groups and Rohingya activists have estimated thousands died in last year\u2019s security crackdown, which was sparked by attacks by Rohingya insurgents on security forces in Rakhine in August 2017.<\/p>\n

This week, a U.S. government investigation reported that Myanmar\u2019s military waged a planned, coordinated campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Rohingya.<\/p>\n

Myanmar has rejected similar findings as \u201cone-sided\u201d and said it had conducted a legitimate counterinsurgency operation.<\/p>\n

Ahead of December\u2019s election, Hasina and her ruling Awami League have been on the defensive following student protests over an unregulated transport industry. The protest was triggered after a speeding bus killed two students in Dhaka.<\/p>\n

However, the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has been in disarray after its leader and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, was jailed for corruption in February – charges she says were part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Jonathan Spicer and Rodrigo Campos in New York; Editing by Neil Fullick<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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