Editorial Desk :
The signing of an instrument by Bangladesh and Myanmar governments on Rohingya repatriation on Thursday in Naypyidaw appears to be highly deceitful without a clear repatriation timeframe. It just says repatriation may start within two months but Myanmar denied committing when it will end. Myanmar has also refused to involve international community in the repatriation process.
Our foreign ministry does not see how Bangladesh is being manipulated to save Myanmar army from international punishment it deserves. Myanmar has however claimed the understanding as a win-win situation. But it appears to be a clear surrender of our government to pressure from Myanmar isolating the process from the supervision of international community.
There are many questions whether Myanmar will agree to take all refugees or raise technical issues for verification of their claim. Whether they will give full protection to Rohingyas on their return and give them back their home and land.
The Rohingya refugees have been expelled from Myanmar in a circumstance of genocide and its government is under obligation to take them back unconditionally.
Memorandum of Understanding with Myanmar for taking back their own people forced on Bangladesh makes no diplomatic sense. In fact it shows our inability to act forcefully because of unseen pressure from those who have proved not to be our friends in helping us against Myanmar.
If any meaningful Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed with Myanmar then it has to be about compensating Bangladesh for their act of enmity and damage done by forcing Rohingyas to be refugees in Bangladesh.
Making Rohingyas suffer ethnic cleansing and stateless is international crimes and accountable internationally. The international community should compell Myanmar to regret for the hostile act and pay compensation to Bangladesh for looking after such a huge number of their people. Myanmar must recognise its act is extremely hostile against Bangladesh before we can talk of any understanding.
Most heinous and uncivilised brutalities were meted out to the Rohingyas. Rakhine State was a free country forcefully occupied by Burma. It should be compelled to free Rakhine State from its illegal occupation so that Rohingyas can live in safety and security of their state.
The biggest question is why Bangladesh has agreed to become a party to sign a memorandum of vacuous undesirable kind. What is the understanding behind it?
Myanmar has pushed out its nationals to Bangladesh and there is no need for an agreement to take them back. We are asking Myanmar everyday to stop killing and take back its nationals. The crimes have been resorted to by Myanmar and we are foolishly signing Memorandum of Understanding. Myanmar treated its own people savagely and it is their responsibility to take them back. Bangladesh is not a party being called for reaching an understanding with Myanmar.
Our Government is being used to work against our own interest. Offences have been committed by Myanmar why should we sign a Memorandum of Understanding is not understandable
We need international help to compel Myanmar to unburden us of the Rohingya refugees immediately without any Memorandum of Understanding. It is also no less urgent that Rohingya refugees should be saved from the miseries of life in Bangladesh. Myanmar cannot leisurely relocate Rohingyas uprooting them from their homes in Rakhine State.
The signing of an instrument by Bangladesh and Myanmar governments on Rohingya repatriation on Thursday in Naypyidaw appears to be highly deceitful without a clear repatriation timeframe. It just says repatriation may start within two months but Myanmar denied committing when it will end. Myanmar has also refused to involve international community in the repatriation process.
Our foreign ministry does not see how Bangladesh is being manipulated to save Myanmar army from international punishment it deserves. Myanmar has however claimed the understanding as a win-win situation. But it appears to be a clear surrender of our government to pressure from Myanmar isolating the process from the supervision of international community.
There are many questions whether Myanmar will agree to take all refugees or raise technical issues for verification of their claim. Whether they will give full protection to Rohingyas on their return and give them back their home and land.
The Rohingya refugees have been expelled from Myanmar in a circumstance of genocide and its government is under obligation to take them back unconditionally.
Memorandum of Understanding with Myanmar for taking back their own people forced on Bangladesh makes no diplomatic sense. In fact it shows our inability to act forcefully because of unseen pressure from those who have proved not to be our friends in helping us against Myanmar.
If any meaningful Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed with Myanmar then it has to be about compensating Bangladesh for their act of enmity and damage done by forcing Rohingyas to be refugees in Bangladesh.
Making Rohingyas suffer ethnic cleansing and stateless is international crimes and accountable internationally. The international community should compell Myanmar to regret for the hostile act and pay compensation to Bangladesh for looking after such a huge number of their people. Myanmar must recognise its act is extremely hostile against Bangladesh before we can talk of any understanding.
Most heinous and uncivilised brutalities were meted out to the Rohingyas. Rakhine State was a free country forcefully occupied by Burma. It should be compelled to free Rakhine State from its illegal occupation so that Rohingyas can live in safety and security of their state.
The biggest question is why Bangladesh has agreed to become a party to sign a memorandum of vacuous undesirable kind. What is the understanding behind it?
Myanmar has pushed out its nationals to Bangladesh and there is no need for an agreement to take them back. We are asking Myanmar everyday to stop killing and take back its nationals. The crimes have been resorted to by Myanmar and we are foolishly signing Memorandum of Understanding. Myanmar treated its own people savagely and it is their responsibility to take them back. Bangladesh is not a party being called for reaching an understanding with Myanmar.
Our Government is being used to work against our own interest. Offences have been committed by Myanmar why should we sign a Memorandum of Understanding is not understandable
We need international help to compel Myanmar to unburden us of the Rohingya refugees immediately without any Memorandum of Understanding. It is also no less urgent that Rohingya refugees should be saved from the miseries of life in Bangladesh. Myanmar cannot leisurely relocate Rohingyas uprooting them from their homes in Rakhine State.
