Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in Myanmar about creating safe passage routes to allow Rohingya refugees to return to northern Rakhine State.

The UK has been clear that all Rohingya refugees now in Bangladesh must be able to return to their homes in Burma voluntarily, safely and with dignity.
The Foreign Secretary has spoken to Aung San Suu Kyi three times since this crisis began, most recently on 21 October, when he urged her to implement her commitment to ensure the return of refugees.
I ​met with Burma's Minister of Defence; its Deputy Foreign Minister; and Aung San Suu Kyi's Chief of Staff on 20 and 21 November, and in each meeting pressed on the need for Rohingya to return to their homes in Rakhine in safety

The UK proposed and secured unanimous support for a UN Security Council presidential Statement on 6 November which urged the Government of Burma to ensure the voluntary return of all refugees in conditions of safety and dignity to their homes, and equal access to full citizenship for all individuals

At the 12 December UN Security Council session, the UK conveyed the seriousness of the crisis and made clear that the situation continues to merit close UNSC attention. The Burmese authorities must heed calls of the Security Council to make Rakhine safe for refugee returns and ensure accountability for human rights violations

The UK also supported Bangladesh in its proposal for a Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council, attended by Lord Ahmad on 5 December. In his intervention Lord Ahmad as clear that "international pressure will not relent until the state authorities act to enable refugees to return to Rakhine voluntarily, with dignity and, importantly, in safety".