Rohingya refugees will be returned to Myanmar

But the refugees show little enthusiasm to go back to the country that expelled them

Rohingya refugees head towards the Balukhali refugee camp after crossing into Bangladesh
Rohingya make their way to refugee camps after crossing into Bangladesh
(Image credit: Dibyangshu/AFP/Getty Images)

Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed terms to allow hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to return home to Myanmar, despite continued abuses and obstruction by the military there.

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