A/HRC/39/CRP.2 reception centres has also been reported,2709 suggesting that freedom of movement will be restricted. Image dated 7 March 2018 showing increased security measures around Aung Zay Ya reception centre. Nearby burned Rohingya villages are shown within the red lines. 1191. Returns in the current environment will result in further segregation and confinement of Rohingya into controlled camps that will likely mirror those of central Rakhine. The aftermath of the 2012 violence has seen the confinement of 132,000 Rohingya and Kaman in displacement camps and sites in central Rakhine State. Despite a desire to return to their home villages, they have not been allowed to leave these camps and sites for six years. The conditions of these camps have been described above, and amount to undue restrictions of freedom of movement as well as an arbitrary deprivation of their liberty. 1192. By September 2018, one year after the mass exodus of Rohingya started, the repatriation plan had not commenced. On 14 April 2018, Government sources reported that a Muslim family of five had returned voluntarily to Myanmar, 2710 been received at “Taung Pyo Latwei” and accepted NVCs. Credible sources have dismissed the announcement as a publicity stunt,2711 with some claiming that the family were not even Rohingya refugees. 2712 Bangladesh and UNHCR acknowledged that the alleged repatriation was not undertaken in the context of the repatriation agreements. 2713 Lack of conditions conducive for return 1193. For the Rohingya who remain in northern Rakhine State, estimated in September 2018 to number between 200,000 and 240,000, circumstances remain extremely challenging, with the continuing perpetration of serious human rights violations against them. 1194. The Mission interviewed a significant number of Rohingya who remained in northern Rakhine State after the “clearance operations” from October 2017 until June 2018, and only 2709 2710 2711 2712 2713 282 V-067. Global New Light of Myanmar, “Displaced persons return to Taung Pyo Letwe reception centre” (16 April 2018). V-173, V-236. V-236. V-175, V-236.

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