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U.N., Myanmar Sign Framework For 'Voluntary, Safe' Return Of Rohingya Refugees

The U.N. and Myanmar government are touting the new pact as the first steps to returning some of the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled brutal persecution. Aid groups remain skeptical.
Rohingya Muslim refugees carry brick to make road at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on Jan. 23.

The United Nations and Myanmar have signed a pact that aims to start the process of repatriating some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a brutal crackdown by the government's army last year.

The memorandum of understanding was signed Wednesday in Yangon and is the first agreement of

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