banglanews24.com :
Myanmar authorities are making arrangements to send back 126 more trafficking victims who are verified as Bangladeshi nationals, to their home by next Tuesday, an official report said Friday.
According to myanmarinternational.tv, the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they will hand over 126 verified Bangladeshis out of the remaining 228 persons who are temporarily sheltered at Taung Pyo to Bangladesh on August 25. The Myanmar navy rescued over 200 “boat people” in Rakhine state’s Maungtaw and over 700 in Ayeyawaddy region’s Pyapon in May when patrolling in Myanmar waters. Myanmar and Bangladesh have been closely cooperating in repatriation process of the boat people rescued by Myanmar in May of this year. The Myanmar authorities had sent back a total of 501 Bangladeshi fortune seekers on four different occasions since June after citizenship verification.
Myanmar authorities are making arrangements to send back 126 more trafficking victims who are verified as Bangladeshi nationals, to their home by next Tuesday, an official report said Friday.
According to myanmarinternational.tv, the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they will hand over 126 verified Bangladeshis out of the remaining 228 persons who are temporarily sheltered at Taung Pyo to Bangladesh on August 25. The Myanmar navy rescued over 200 “boat people” in Rakhine state’s Maungtaw and over 700 in Ayeyawaddy region’s Pyapon in May when patrolling in Myanmar waters. Myanmar and Bangladesh have been closely cooperating in repatriation process of the boat people rescued by Myanmar in May of this year. The Myanmar authorities had sent back a total of 501 Bangladeshi fortune seekers on four different occasions since June after citizenship verification.
