Bangladesh halts transportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar after protests.
The first group of 2,200 Rohingya refugees were due to leave camps in Bangladeshon Thursday in line with a plan agreed with Myanmar.
But authorities appeared to postpone the operation after protests by Rohingya who said they did not want to go.
The United Nations and aid agencies also expressed concerns for their safety if they went back to Myanmar.
The United Nations described as an "act of genocide" the military crackdown last year when more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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