Myanmar says 300,000 Rohingya refugees are cleared to return home

It has been nine years since the Rohingya people were forced to leave their homes. Myanmar says they are now ready to take many of them back.

It has been nine years since a massive group of Rohingya people had to flee their homes in Myanmar. Now, Myanmar’s government says they have checked and approved over 300,000 refugees to return. The Rohingya are a group of people who faced terrible violence and persecution in Myanmar. Most of them ran away to neighboring Bangladesh to stay safe. They have been living in very crowded camps there ever since. Being "verified" means the government has looked at their information and officially said they can come back. However, many people are worried. They wonder if it is truly safe for them t…