12/02/2026
ROHINGYA WELCOME TO STAY IN BANGLADESH UNTIL SAFE TO RETURN, BNP CHAIRMAN SAYS
Arakan Now | 7 Feb 2026
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman said he wanted Rohingya refugees to return home but said they should be allowed to remain in Bangladesh until conditions in Myanmar are safe enough for their return, according to Reuters.
"We will try to work on the issue so that these people can go back to their own land," he said. "The situation has to be safe for them to go back there. As long as it is not safe, they are very welcome to stay here."
Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated countries with high rates of extreme poverty, hosts nearly 1.2 million Rohingya Muslim refugees, many of whom fled repeated crackdowns in neighbouring Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are treated as outsiders, Reuters reported.
