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International Pressure, the 1978 Repatriation Agreement and the Question of Forced Return

An examination of the 1978–1979 repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh following Operation Nagamin. The article examines international pressure, the 9 July 1978 agreement, UNHCR involvement, deteriorating camp conditions, hunger and deaths, pressure on refugees to return, and whether repatriation described officially as voluntary could genuinely be considered free from coercion.