MoIP UM receives UNHCR Resident Representative

Union Minister for Immigration and Population U Myint Kyaing received Resident Representative Ms Noriko Takagi of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Myanmar and party at the reception hall of the ministry in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
They frankly and cordially discussed the Union government’s undertakings to accept IDPs from Rakhine State, a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the ministry and UNDP-UNHCR to support these processes, the implementation status of projects in designated areas within Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, coordination between the ministry and other relevant departments, UNHCR’s understanding of the obstacles to the readmission process, limitation to carry out activities due to the current security situation in the area, and the status of the work done. — MNA/TS