The deal is tentative, and specifics remain unclear. Though the deal has some serious limitations and will likely do very little to ease the overall crisis, it could not have come sooner and will save the Pope and his entourage from the Vatican from potentially messy diplomatic encounters when he starts a visit of both countries this week. Last week, Myanmar and Bangladesh said they had reached a deal for the repatriation of about 600,000 Rohingya refugees.
