Rohingya refugees rally in Bangladesh camps to demand safe return to Myanmar
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held a rally to mark the ninth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar and demand a safe return to their homeland. The refugees cited ongoing security concerns in Rakhine State as the primary barrier to repatriation.
Why it matters
The protest highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the complex geopolitical challenges surrounding the repatriation of over one million displaced people.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday (August 25, 2026) to demand their safe return to their home state, nine years after they fled a government crackdown.
The demonstrators urged the international community to ensure security in Rakhine State as they marked what they call the “Ninth Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide Day”.
More than 1 million refugees from Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic and religious minority now live in the sprawling camps around the Cox's Bazar district of southeastern Bangladesh.
Most of them fled across the border in a mass exodus in 2017 after Buddhist-majority Myanmar launched a crackdown in Rakhine, following an attack by a Rohingya Muslim insurgent group.
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