Why Rohingya repatriation keeps failing and how to fix it

For almost eight years, the world has watched the Rohingya crisis fester, with no meaningful progress toward a solution. Nearly a million Rohingya refugees remain stranded in camps in Bangladesh, victims of a genocide that forced them from their homes in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2017. The humanitarian situation in Cox's Bazar grows ever more desperate as aid dwindles, while conditions in Myanmar remain hostile and dangerous. The international community has repeatedly promised to facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya to their homeland. Yet every attempt has ended in failure. But why? And perhaps more importantly, what must change to…