Forty-six Rohingyas, who fled military persecution in by Myanmar's Rakhine,  have voluntarily returned to their land, the country's officials claimed.

They returned to the Rakhine's Maungdaw Township from Bangladesh on Thursday (Oct 31), news website The Irrawaddy reports on Friday (Nov 1).

The report came day after Bangladesh said it would verify Myanmar’s claim over the voluntary nature of some Rohingyas to the country as Myanmar keeps spreading misleading information to the international community to avoid repatriation.

"We will issue a statement after verifying the claim," Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told the media on Thursday (Oct 31).

Quoting Maungdaw district administrator U Soe Aung, The Irrawaddy said forty-two of them entered Maungdaw through the Nga Khura border gate and four others entered through Taungpyo Letwei after officially reporting their return to local authorities.

According to the  U Soe Aung, the Myanmar authorities are yet to receive the list of how many men and women are among the returnees.

Two of the returnees previously lived in Pan Taw Pyin Village, The Irrawaddy quoted a village community elder U Anawar as saying.

U Anawar told The Irrawaddy, “I am in Nga Khura as I heard that two of the returnees are from my village. The immigration department is now taking their photos for record-keeping purposes.

"Then I will take the two back to the village and assist them with their rehabilitation,” he added.

More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine state in August 2017 for camps in Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown the UN said was perpetrated with "genocidal intent".

Currently, over 1.1. million Rohingyas are living in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

On Nov. 23, 2017, Myanmar and Bangladesh signed agreement to start repatriating the Rohingyas.

Two repatriation bids, however, failed with the last move stalled on Aug 22, 2018 after no refugee voluntarily showed up to return.

The Myanmar government, however, claimed to opened two reception centers in early 2018: one in Taungpyo Letwei, for those returning over the land border, and one in Nga Khura for those returning by boat. However, no one has officially returned under the bilateral agreement.

Meanwhile, The Irrawaddy quoting  the Maungdaw District General Administration Department, said so far, a total of 397 Rohingya have voluntarily returned independently of bilateral agreement procedures established between the Myanmar and Bangladeshi governments.

According to The Irrawaddy, Myanmar authorities are resettling the Rohingya returnees and many went to live with family members.

The country's government also constructs homes in the areas where the military previously launched crackdowns and destroyed everything.

The returnees were also provided with humanitarian and rehabilitation support as outlined by the the country's Office of the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine (UEHRD), reports the news website.

The Rohingyas have been demanding to be allowed to return safely and with dignity, to be recognized as citizens, to be permitted to return to their homes, and to be given freedom of movement since the  beginning.