UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar, nearly five years after a military crackdown there sparked an exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh.

"Unfortunately the current situation across the border means that the conditions are not right for returns," Bachelet told reporters in Dhaka.

In this photo released by the Royal Thai Navy taken June 4, 2022, members of the Thai navy help Rohingya refugees found on Koh Dong Island in Satun province, southern Thailand. (Photo: AP)