A/HRC/53/26/Add.3 completion of their quarantine. Some of the migrants had been convicted of petty crimes in the countries of destination and were returned due to the pandemic but were still detained. Some of the returnees had returned from Viet Nam and others from countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. 88. Civil society organizations continue to stay connected to migrants in countries of destination, forming an important connection through which the Government can obtain data and information to supplement the work of labour attachés abroad. However, civil society organizations have raised the need to better coordinate their work among themselves and with the authorities. They also highlighted the challenges of the lack of support, including financial, and resources and the need for continued empowerment to do their work. 89. The Special Rapporteur met with women returnees who stated that their return and reintegration experiences had been supported and assisted mainly by civil society organizations, thereby emphasizing the important role that civil society organizations play in migration processes. N. Climate change 90. The Special Rapporteur notes that Bangladesh is among the world’s most vulnerable country to climate change, which affects the increase in human mobility. Although many people on the move are doing so internally, and have been on the move from rural to urban locations in the country, it is envisaged that cross-border movements will likely increase among Bangladeshis. It is thus imperative to promote decent conditions of work and regular migration pathways to respond to climate-induced mobility. V. Situation of Rohingya 91. The Special Rapporteur visited Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar. He wishes to commend the Government on its openness to receiving around 1 million Rohingyas in the aftermath of violence in Rakhine State in Myanmar, essentially saving many lives in the process. 92. The Special Rapporteur was able to meet with Rohingyas who had arrived in 2017 as a result of the violence in Myanmar, who were referred to by the Government of Bangladesh as “forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals”, and with members of the group of around 40,000 Rohingyas who had arrived in the early 1990s, had been registered by the Government as refugees and were also living in the Cox’s Bazar camps, called “refugee camps”. 93. Bangladesh is not a signatory to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Protocol thereto, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. There is no national legislation on asylum or refugee matters. The Government of Bangladesh maintains that Rohingya refugees are admitted to Bangladesh on humanitarian grounds and that their stay is temporary. The Special Rapporteur notes with concern that, given the designation as “forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals”, this group is effectively without legal status in both Myanmar and Bangladesh, and thus does not have access to human rights or legal protections. As for the other group, registration as refugees does not entitle them to legal status or to refugee rights in Bangladesh. 94. The Special Rapporteur notes that the Government’s priority focus is repatriation, but, given the coup in Myanmar in February 2021, the prospect of safe and dignified repatriation for Rohingyas is unlikely. Creating conditions conducive for sustainable return thus requires addressing fundamental issues related to safety and security, freedom of movement, access to civil documentation and pathways to citizenship. 95. Many Rohingyas want to be repatriated, but only if repatriation is guaranteed to be safe and sustainable. Others who came in the 1990s have lived in Bangladesh for decades and thus no longer identify or have strong ties with Myanmar. 96. Between December 2021 and the end of 2022, the Government has relocated some 30,000 Rohingya refugees to the island of Bhasan Char. GE.23-08750 13