Satellite images reveal scale of Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis
Myanmar appears unprepared for return of refugees who might be put in camps
Analysis of satellite imagery has cast further doubt on promises that arrangements are being made by Myanmar for the safe and humane return of Rohingya Muslims, and revealed that destruction of their villages has continued.
Despite repeated assurances by the Myanmar government that it would repatriate the 700,000 Rohingya who fled over the border from Rakhine state after a military-led violent crackdown in August 2017 – violence now described by the UN as having “genocidal intent” – the preparations for return have been “minimal”, a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has found.