Jt Working Group to meet in Dhaka soon 

Bangladesh has completed the task of verification of 8,000 Rohingyas as per Myanmar's
guideline to start a safe repartition process of Rohingya people from Bangladesh to Myanmar by a month or two.
Bangladesh and Myanmar are set to sit
between October 28 and 30 to discuss the Rohingya repatriation issues. Bangladesh hopes that at least 8,000 people will be repatriated by this year.
"We've taken all preparations for the next joint working group (JWG) meeting. The meeting is likely to be held on October 30, if not on October 28," an official said.
"The team is coming between 28th and 30th of this month. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque and his Myanmar counterpart Myint Thu are expected to lead their respective teams in the two-day high level meeting," a senior official of the Foreign Ministry told the Daily Observer.
Bangladesh wants to make sure that the Rohingyas, who are expected to return to Myanmar in the first batch of repatriation, may have houses and other facilities to live in their own villages.
 To ensure a safe return of Rohingyas, Bangladesh sought help from the international community. India and china have given their support in this regard. India has built 250 houses while China is building 1,000 more, the Foreign Ministry said.
"The returnees will first stay at reception centres in Myanmar and then will go to their villages," the official added.
"Myanmar has so far failed to take steps to ensure the safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland, not only that a senior policy maker of the Myanmar government in a media interview said that there is no plea from the refugee for repatriation, although Myanmar has send the application form to the camps!" the official added.
However, we will seek updates on what steps are taken for the safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland from Bangladesh, he added.
Members of JWG from Myanmar will visit Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar district.
According to the Foreign Ministry, it will work on three recommendations delivered by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 73rd UN General Assembly for solving the Rohingya crisis at its root.
The recommendations are abolition of discriminatory laws, policies and practices of Myanmar against the minority group. Myanmar must create an acceptable environment by building trust and guaranteeing protection, rights and pathway to citizenship for all Rohingyas. If needed, it should create a "safe zone" inside the country to protect all civilians. Atrocious crimes against Rohingyas in Myanmar should be prevented by bringing accountability and justice, particularly in the light of recommendations of the Fact-Finding Mission of the UN Human Rights Council.
Bangladesh and Myanmar formed the Joint Working Group (JWG) on December 2017 to start repatriating Rohingya refugees by January 23, 2018. However, it failed to complete the primary task to define the "Citizenship" criteria in the last few months.
Earlierer, Bangladesh had handed over a list of 1,673 Rohingya families (8,032 individuals) to Myanmar to start the first phase of repatriation of the displaced people to their homeland in Rakhine state, but Myanmar side did not accept the list as Rohingya are denied citizenship and classified as illegal immigrants, despite claiming roots in Myanmar that go back centuries, with communities marginalized and subjected to bouts of communal violence over the years.
Myanmar said that it was ready to start a verification process under a 1993 agreement with Bangladesh. It said the refugees from this country (Myanmar) will be accepted without any problem, but there is no progress, according to the Foreign Ministry.
During the meeting, the JWC will visit the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to see the situation on ground. It will also discuss the progress and process to make a data base on Rohingya people, he added.
"Refugees are gloomy about the prospects of going back, fearing they will not be able to furnish the documents they anticipate Myanmar will demand to prove they have a right to return," Foreign Ministry's official said.