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<p>We welcome ASEAN's engagement on this issue through their Humanitarian Assistance
Centre. However, we remain deeply concerned that the conditions for safe, voluntary
and dignified returns in line with UNHCR principles are not in place. The UK has been
clear, as has the UN Security Council, that before repatriations start, Myanmar must
create the conditions in Rakhine to allow the Rohingya to return safely, voluntarily
and with dignity. Refugees must have full access and independent information about
conditions in areas of return and arrangements for repatriation.</p><p>We have publicly
called for the removal of restrictions that withhold citizenship from individuals
who are not from a community recognised by the Myanmar authorities as a 'national
race', such as the Rohingya. The UK has supported the recommendations of the Rakhine
Advisory Commission's to reform the 1982 Citizenship Law and urges the Myanmar government
to fully implement them.</p><p>The UK co-sponsored the resolution at the UN Human
Rights Council which set up the Fact Finding Mission in March 2017. This has since
found that there may be sufficient grounds for prosecuting senior Myanmar military
officials for crimes against humanity. The UK also to secure a resolution which established
a mechanism to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities for future prosecutions.
We continue to press the Myanmar authorities to ensure its domestic accountability
process is independent, credible and results in prosecutions.</p>
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