Dhaka, June 20 -- Bangladesh has renewed its call at the United Nations for the swift repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, saying the displaced want to return to their homeland.

Addressing a briefing by the UN secretary-general's special envoy on Myanmar on Friday, Bangladesh's Permanent Representative Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury said the protracted crisis had imposed a heavy burden on Bangladesh, BSS reported.

He said the Rohingya crisis originated in Myanmar and that any durable solution must be found there.

For nearly a decade, Bangladesh has sheltered around 1.2 million forcibly displaced Rohingya refugees on humanitarian grounds, he said, while facing mounting social, economic, environmental and security challen...