UNB, Dhaka :
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday called upon the international community to continue their support to Bangladesh over Rohingya refugees with resource mobilisation saying the solution to the problem lies with Myanmar.
He also urged the leadership of Bangladesh and Myanmar to give the young generation of Myanmar citizens living in Bangladesh a future.
Addressing a press conference at a city hotel, the UNHCR chief laid emphasis on implementation of citizenship verification process efficiently which will help unblock all the remaining barriers to the solution.
Earlier in the day, he visited refugee camp Kutupalang in Cox’s Bazaar district.”I talked to many young people. They keep saying that give us a future.”
Responding to a question on relocation plan to an Island, the UNHCR chief said this is just a plan and the focus needs to be given on voluntary relocation instead of imposing force.
On repatriation process, he laid emphasis on creating a conducive and peaceful environment in Rakhine State of Myanmar to make the return sustainable.
He said the process will not be sustainable if the refugees do not voluntarily feel to go back their homes. Talking about his meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,
he said he thanked the government and the people of Bangladesh for hosting Myanmar refugees here for decades.
The UNHCR chief will leave Dhaka on Tuesday. He visited Myanmar and Thailand before coming to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh on Saturday urged the UNHCR to ask the government of Myanmar to take ‘meaningful measures’ and ensure the return of all Myanmar nationals staying in Bangladesh to their homeland in Rakhine State.
Bangladesh also expressed concern over ‘unilateral halt’ of the repatriation process by the government of Myanmar since 2005 even though 10,820 refugees had been cleared by both countries through a verification process.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali conveyed Bangladesh’s position to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi during his meeting.
Grandi arrived here on a three-day visit on Saturday to discuss the Rohingya issue with the government and see their situation in Cox’s Bazar camps.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday called upon the international community to continue their support to Bangladesh over Rohingya refugees with resource mobilisation saying the solution to the problem lies with Myanmar.
He also urged the leadership of Bangladesh and Myanmar to give the young generation of Myanmar citizens living in Bangladesh a future.
Addressing a press conference at a city hotel, the UNHCR chief laid emphasis on implementation of citizenship verification process efficiently which will help unblock all the remaining barriers to the solution.
Earlier in the day, he visited refugee camp Kutupalang in Cox’s Bazaar district.”I talked to many young people. They keep saying that give us a future.”
Responding to a question on relocation plan to an Island, the UNHCR chief said this is just a plan and the focus needs to be given on voluntary relocation instead of imposing force.
On repatriation process, he laid emphasis on creating a conducive and peaceful environment in Rakhine State of Myanmar to make the return sustainable.
He said the process will not be sustainable if the refugees do not voluntarily feel to go back their homes. Talking about his meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,
he said he thanked the government and the people of Bangladesh for hosting Myanmar refugees here for decades.
The UNHCR chief will leave Dhaka on Tuesday. He visited Myanmar and Thailand before coming to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh on Saturday urged the UNHCR to ask the government of Myanmar to take ‘meaningful measures’ and ensure the return of all Myanmar nationals staying in Bangladesh to their homeland in Rakhine State.
Bangladesh also expressed concern over ‘unilateral halt’ of the repatriation process by the government of Myanmar since 2005 even though 10,820 refugees had been cleared by both countries through a verification process.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali conveyed Bangladesh’s position to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi during his meeting.
Grandi arrived here on a three-day visit on Saturday to discuss the Rohingya issue with the government and see their situation in Cox’s Bazar camps.
