• Rohingya Muslim refugees shelter from the sun under umbrellas as they wait for relief aid at the Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on Wednesday. Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to work together to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees, officials said, but details remain thin as the humanitarian crisis deepens. | AFP-JIJI
    Rohingya Muslim refugees shelter from the sun under umbrellas as they wait for relief aid at the Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on Wednesday. Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to work together to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees, officials said, but details remain thin as the humanitarian crisis deepens. | AFP-JIJI

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COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH – Sitting in his hillside grocery shop in a Bangladesh refugee camp, Rohingya Muslim Momtaz-ul-Hoque takes a break to listen to an audio recording on his mobile phone, while children and passers-by gather round to hear the latest news from Myanmar.

“I listen because I get some information on my motherland,” said Hoque, 30, as he plays a message on WhatsApp explaining the Myanmar government’s proposals for repatriating refugees.

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