Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Burmese Government on the return of Rohingya to that country.

The Government has made it repeatedly clear throughout the current crisis that the Rohingya refugees who have fled into Bangladesh must be able to return to their homes in Burma safely, voluntarily and in dignity. The Foreign Secretary underlined these points when he met Burmese State Counsellor Aung Sun Suu Kyi on 12 February, and pressed Burma to agree a Memorandum of Understanding allowing the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to monitor any potential refugee returns process. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific reiterated these points when he summoned the Burmese Ambassador for a meeting on 6 March. The British Ambassador regularly makes these points in his meetings with senior figures in the Burmese Government, most recently with the Minister for the Office of State Counsellor on 5 April.