Rohingya refugees scoff at Myanmar's assurances on going homeCOX S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were skeptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees. More than half a million Rohingya have fled from a Myanmar military crackdown in Rakhine State launched in late August that has been denounced by the United Nations as ethnic cleansing. Myanmar denies ethnic cleansing, saying it is fighting Rohingya terrorists who have claimed attacks on the security forces. The government has said anyone verified as a refugee will be allowed to return under a process set up with Bangladesh in 1993. Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to work on a repatriation plan, and a Myanmar government spokesman confirmed it would go along with it, provided people could verify their status with paperwork. But many refugees in camps in Bangladesh are scornful.  Everything was burned, even people were burned,  said a man who identified himself as Abdullah, dismissing the chances that people would have documents to prove a right to stay in Myanmar. At the root of the problem is the refusal by Buddhist-majority Myanmar to grant citizenship to members of a Muslim minority seen by a mostly unsympathetic, if not hostile, society as interlopers from Bangladesh. Though Myanmar has not granted Rohingya citizenship, under the 1993 procedure, it agreed to take back people who could prove they had been Myanmar residents. But a day after Bangladesh and Myanmar announced apparent progress, a Bangladeshi foreign ministry official appeared resigned to a difficult process.  This is still a long procedure,  said the official, who declined to be identified as he was not authorized to speak to media. There were already nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh before the latest exodus, but Myanmar had said it would only accept,  subject to verification , those who arrived after October 2016, when a military offensive in response to Rohingya insurgent attacks sent 87,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh, the Bangladeshi official said.  We said that many Rohingya refugees have no documents, so this process should be flexible. Myanmar said they will decide who will get involved in the verification,  the official said, adding that Bangladesh wanted international agencies to be involved. Myanmar s government spokesman said under the 1993 pact, even a hospital record was enough to prove residency, but it was only Myanmar, not Bangladesh, that could verify  citizenship.  We have a policy for the repatriation process and we will go along with that,  the spokesman, Zaw Htay, told Reuters. But even if refugees have documents, many are wary about returning without an assurance of full citizenship, which they fear could leave them vulnerable to the persecution and curbs they have endured for years. Amina Katu, 60, laughed at the thought of returning.   If we go there, we ll just have to come back here,  she said.  If they give us our rights, we will go, but people did this before and they had to return.  Last month, Anwar Begum told Reuters she had fled from Myanmar three times. The first time was to escape a 1978 crackdown, and she returned the following year. She fled again in 1991 and returned in 1994.  I don t want to go back,  the 55-year-old added.  I don t believe the government. Every time the government agrees we can go back, then we re there and they break their promise.  Investigators appointed by government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and led by former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan recommended in August that Myanmar review a 1982 law that links citizenship and ethnicity and leaves most Rohingya stateless. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told a meeting in Geneva on Monday that the link between statelessness and displacement was nowhere more evident than with the Rohingya.  Denial of citizenship is a key aspect of the discrimination and exclusion that have shaped their plight,  he said. Grandi called for a two-track approach to tackle issues of citizenship and rights and inclusive development to stamp out poverty in Rakhine State. Separately, the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh authorities are working to contain an outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases in the camps, UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic told a briefing in Geneva. Refugees are still crossing into Bangladesh, though at a slower rate, a spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration said. A Reuters photographer saw smoke plumes on the Myanmar side of the border but it was not clear what was alight. Rights groups say more than half of more than 400 Rohingya villages in the north of Rakhine State have been torched. Myanmar officials have said they have attempted to reassure groups of fleeing Rohingya but they could not stop people who were not citizens from leaving. worldnews
rohingya refugees score myanmar assurances going homecox s bazaar bangladesh reuters rohingya muslims bangladesh skeptical tuesday chances ever going home myanmar even though government given assurance would accept people verified refugees more half million rohingya fled myanmar military crackdown machine state launched late august denounced united nations ethnic cleansing myanmar denies ethnic cleansing saying fighting rohingya terrorists claimed attacks security forces the government said anyone verified refugee allowed return process set bangladesh bangladesh myanmar agreed monday work repatriation plan myanmar government spokesman confirmed would go along provided people could verify status paperwork but many refugees camps bangladesh scornful everything burned even people burned said man identified abdullah dismissing chances people would documents prove right stay myanmar at root problem refusal myanmar grant citizenship members muslim minority seen mostly sympathetic hostile society interlopers bangladesh though myanmar granted rohingya citizenship procedure agreed take back people could prove myanmar residents but day bangladesh myanmar announced apparent progress bangladesh foreign ministry official appeared resigned difficult process this still long procedure said official declined identified authorized speak media there already nearly rohingya refugees bangladesh latest exodus myanmar said would accept subject verification arrived october military offensive response rohingya insurgent attacks sent rohingya fleeing bangladesh bangladesh official said we said many rohingya refugees documents process flexible myanmar said decide get involved verification official said adding bangladesh wanted international agencies involved myanmar government spokesman said pact even hospital record enough prove residency myanmar bangladesh could verify citizenship we policy repatriation process go along spokesman law stay told reuters but even refugees documents many wary returning without assurance full citizenship fear could leave vulnerable persecution curb endured years amino kate laughed thought returning if go come back said if give us rights go people return last month near begun told reuters fled myanmar three times the first time escape crackdown returned following year she fled returned i want go back added i believe government every time government agrees go back break promise investigators appointed government leader sung san sup kyi led former kovi anna recommended august myanmar review law links citizenship ethnicity leaves rohingya stateless high commissioner refugees filipino grand told meeting geneva monday link statelessness displacement nowhere evident rohingya denial citizenship key aspect discrimination exclusion shaped plight said grand called approach tackle issues citizenship rights inclusive development stamp poverty machine state separately refugee agency bangladesh authorities working contain outbreak diarrhea diseases camps under spokesman andrew mahecic told briefing geneva refugees still crossing bangladesh though slower rate spokesman international organisation migration said a reuters photographer saw smoke plumes myanmar side border clear alight rights groups say half rohingya villages north machine state touched myanmar officials said attempted reassure groups fleeing rohingya could stop people citizens leaving worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Rohingya refugees scoff at Myanmar's assurances on going homeCOX S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were skeptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees. More than half a million Rohingya have fled from a Myanmar military crackdown in Rakhine State launched in late August that has been denounced by the United Nations as ethnic cleansing. Myanmar denies ethnic cleansing, saying it is fighting Rohingya terrorists who have claimed attacks on the security forces. The government has said anyone verified as a refugee will be allowed to return under a process set up with Bangladesh in 1993. Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to work on a repatriation plan, and a Myanmar government spokesman confirmed it would go along with it, provided people could verify their status with paperwork. But many refugees in camps in Bangladesh are scornful.  Everything was burned, even people were burned,  said a man who identified himself as Abdullah, dismissing the chances that people would have documents to prove a right to stay in Myanmar. At the root of the problem is the refusal by Buddhist-majority Myanmar to grant citizenship to members of a Muslim minority seen by a mostly unsympathetic, if not hostile, society as interlopers from Bangladesh. Though Myanmar has not granted Rohingya citizenship, under the 1993 procedure, it agreed to take back people who could prove they had been Myanmar residents. But a day after Bangladesh and Myanmar announced apparent progress, a Bangladeshi foreign ministry official appeared resigned to a difficult process.  This is still a long procedure,  said the official, who declined to be identified as he was not authorized to speak to media. There were already nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh before the latest exodus, but Myanmar had said it would only accept,  subject to verification , those who arrived after October 2016, when a military offensive in response to Rohingya insurgent attacks sent 87,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh, the Bangladeshi official said.  We said that many Rohingya refugees have no documents, so this process should be flexible. Myanmar said they will decide who will get involved in the verification,  the official said, adding that Bangladesh wanted international agencies to be involved. Myanmar s government spokesman said under the 1993 pact, even a hospital record was enough to prove residency, but it was only Myanmar, not Bangladesh, that could verify  citizenship.  We have a policy for the repatriation process and we will go along with that,  the spokesman, Zaw Htay, told Reuters. But even if refugees have documents, many are wary about returning without an assurance of full citizenship, which they fear could leave them vulnerable to the persecution and curbs they have endured for years. Amina Katu, 60, laughed at the thought of returning.   If we go there, we ll just have to come back here,  she said.  If they give us our rights, we will go, but people did this before and they had to return.  Last month, Anwar Begum told Reuters she had fled from Myanmar three times. The first time was to escape a 1978 crackdown, and she returned the following year. She fled again in 1991 and returned in 1994.  I don t want to go back,  the 55-year-old added.  I don t believe the government. Every time the government agrees we can go back, then we re there and they break their promise.  Investigators appointed by government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and led by former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan recommended in August that Myanmar review a 1982 law that links citizenship and ethnicity and leaves most Rohingya stateless. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told a meeting in Geneva on Monday that the link between statelessness and displacement was nowhere more evident than with the Rohingya.  Denial of citizenship is a key aspect of the discrimination and exclusion that have shaped their plight,  he said. Grandi called for a two-track approach to tackle issues of citizenship and rights and inclusive development to stamp out poverty in Rakhine State. Separately, the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh authorities are working to contain an outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases in the camps, UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic told a briefing in Geneva. Refugees are still crossing into Bangladesh, though at a slower rate, a spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration said. A Reuters photographer saw smoke plumes on the Myanmar side of the border but it was not clear what was alight. Rights groups say more than half of more than 400 Rohingya villages in the north of Rakhine State have been torched. Myanmar officials have said they have attempted to reassure groups of fleeing Rohingya but they could not stop people who were not citizens from leaving. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: rohingya refugees score myanmar assurances going homecox s bazaar bangladesh reuters rohingya muslims bangladesh skeptical tuesday chances ever going home myanmar even though government given assurance would accept people verified refugees more half million rohingya fled myanmar military crackdown machine state launched late august denounced united nations ethnic cleansing myanmar denies ethnic cleansing saying fighting rohingya terrorists claimed attacks security forces the government said anyone verified refugee allowed return process set bangladesh bangladesh myanmar agreed monday work repatriation plan myanmar government spokesman confirmed would go along provided people could verify status paperwork but many refugees camps bangladesh scornful everything burned even people burned said man identified abdullah dismissing chances people would documents prove right stay myanmar at root problem refusal myanmar grant citizenship members muslim minority seen mostly sympathetic hostile society interlopers bangladesh though myanmar granted rohingya citizenship procedure agreed take back people could prove myanmar residents but day bangladesh myanmar announced apparent progress bangladesh foreign ministry official appeared resigned difficult process this still long procedure said official declined identified authorized speak media there already nearly rohingya refugees bangladesh latest exodus myanmar said would accept subject verification arrived october military offensive response rohingya insurgent attacks sent rohingya fleeing bangladesh bangladesh official said we said many rohingya refugees documents process flexible myanmar said decide get involved verification official said adding bangladesh wanted international agencies involved myanmar government spokesman said pact even hospital record enough prove residency myanmar bangladesh could verify citizenship we policy repatriation process go along spokesman law stay told reuters but even refugees documents many wary returning without assurance full citizenship fear could leave vulnerable persecution curb endured years amino kate laughed thought returning if go come back said if give us rights go people return last month near begun told reuters fled myanmar three times the first time escape crackdown returned following year she fled returned i want go back added i believe government every time government agrees go back break promise investigators appointed government leader sung san sup kyi led former kovi anna recommended august myanmar review law links citizenship ethnicity leaves rohingya stateless high commissioner refugees filipino grand told meeting geneva monday link statelessness displacement nowhere evident rohingya denial citizenship key aspect discrimination exclusion shaped plight said grand called approach tackle issues citizenship rights inclusive development stamp poverty machine state separately refugee agency bangladesh authorities working contain outbreak diarrhea diseases camps under spokesman andrew mahecic told briefing geneva refugees still crossing bangladesh though slower rate spokesman international organisation migration said a reuters photographer saw smoke plumes myanmar side border clear alight rights groups say half rohingya villages north machine state touched myanmar officials said attempted reassure groups fleeing rohingya could stop people citizens leaving worldnews