47 Rohingya refugees told Fortify Rights they are hesitant to provide any biometric information to the Bangladesh government, fearing it will be shared with the Myanmar government and used to force them to accept the NVC.114 This fear is not unfounded: on July 29, 2019, the Bangladesh government handed over 25,047 names representing 5,089 Rohingya refugee families to a Myanmar visiting delegation during a bilateral meeting in Dhaka.115 In August 2019, the Myanmar government added 3,540 Rohingya refugee names to a “repatriation list” from a list of more than 22,000 names recently sent to them by Bangladesh, reportedly without the consent of those refugees named.116 Fortify Rights spoke with six Rohingya refugees, including two women, whose names were listed on the August 2019 government “repatriation list.”117 None wanted to return to Myanmar under the current conditions.118 A 25-year-old Rohingya woman on the list told Fortify Rights: Two days ago, the Camp-in-Charge [a Bangladesh military officer overseeing the camp] and Majhi [a Rohingya camp leader] came to tell me I was on a list to be sent back . . . I don’t want to go back until there is safety and rights for us. Last night, I was fearful and could not sleep. I have not been eating a lot and worry.119 The Government of Myanmar established two “reception centers” in Nga Khu Ra and Taung Pyo Letw villages in Maungdaw Township as well as a “transit center” located in Hla Phoe Kaung village in Maungdaw Township.120 The Myanmar government also constructed 625 units of communal shelters to accommodate an estimated 5,000 families at a given time.121 The reception and transit centers are surrounded by barbed-wire perimeter fencing and security outposts, similar to internment camps in central Rakhine State where the government has confined more than 128,000 mostly Rohingya since 2012.122 violence-bangladesh-camps (accessed August 23, 2019); CJ Werleman, “Rohingya Muslims Need the World to Prevent Another Slaughter,” Middle East Eye, November 26, 2018, https://www.middleeasteye.net/ opinion/rohingya-muslims-need-world-prevent-another-slaughter (access August 23, 2019). 114 Fortify Rights interview with A.E., A.G., and E.B., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, November 2018. 115 A photograph of the process is on file with Fortify Rights. Arnel Capili, “25,047 names representing 5,089 families validated by Government of Bangladesh handed over to the Myanmar delegation for further verification, during the high level bilateral meeting today in Dhaka,” Twitter message, July 29, 2019, https://twitter.com/ArnelCapili/status/1155764445462716416 (accessed August 23, 2019). 116 Fortify Rights, “Myanmar/Bangladesh: Prevent Forced Returns, Protect Rohingya Refugees,” August 21, 2019, https://www.fortifyrights.org/publication-20190821.html (accessed August 23, 2019); Thu Thu Aung, Poppy McPherson, and Ruma Paul, “Exclusive: Myanmar, Bangladesh Agree To Start Repatriation Next Week,” Reuters, August 15, 2019, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-exclusive/ exclusive-myanmar-bangladesh-agree-to-start-rohingya-repatriation-next-week-idUSKCN1V51O5 (accessed August 23, 2019). 117 Fortify Rights interview with I.A., I.B., I.C., I.D., I.E., and I.F., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh August 22, 2019. 118 Ibid. 119 Fortify Rights interview with I.B., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh August 22, 2019. Majhi’s are unelected Rohingya leaders in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. There are Majhi’s who oversee camps as well as blocks within camps. 120 ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), Preliminary Needs Assessment for Repatriation in Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 2019, on file with Fortify Rights. 121 Id. at p. 3. 122 The government closed and consolidated several internment camps since 2017. As of January 2019, the Myanmar authorities confined 128,000 internally displaced persons, who are mostly Rohingya, to 24 internment camps in five townships of Rakhine State, Myanmar. OCHA, “Myanmar: IDP Sites in Rakhine State (as of January 31, 2019).” See also, “Myanmar Government in Talks to Close Four More Rohingya IDP Camps in Rakhine State,” Radio Free Asia.