UNB, Dhaka :
The Rohingya crisis steps into the first anniversary today (Saturday) with no real progress in the repatriation drive by Bangladesh other than the continuation of dialogue with Myanmar though Rohingyas are still coming into Bangladesh due to the absence of conducive environment in Rakhine.
“So far, the only progress is that the talks with Myanmar on repatriation have not stopped. And unfortunately, Rohingyas are still coming into Bangladesh for lack of conducive environment in Rakhine State,” a senior official told UNB reviewing the situation. Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in her recent remarks in Singapore tried to convey a message it is only Bangladesh which can decide how quickly Rohingyas would return to Myanmar apparently blaming Dhaka for the delay. “It’s not true that Bangladesh is delaying
the repatriation process,” the official said adding that Rohingyas are still coming in small groups every week. August 25 marks the first anniversary of the launching of crackdown by Myanmar’s military on Rohingyas in Rakhine State in response to what Myanmar says attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army on police posts.
ecurity forces and their proxies killed thousands of Rohingya, burned villages to the ground, committed widespread sexual violence and drove more than 700,000 people to flee into Bangladesh. A government official stationed on the ground said Bangladesh border still remains open which is unprecedented and shows Bangladesh’s generosity on humanitarian grounds. Suu Kyi, in a lecture in Singapore on Tuesday, said it was difficult to say when the Rohingyas who fled will be able to return to Rakhine state because her nation needs the cooperation of Bangladesh, according to an AP report. She said Myanmar has mapped out general sites for the resettlement of returning Rohingya, but the timing of the repatriation also depends on Bangladesh. The Myanmar leader defended her government’s actions in Rakhine state, where about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled from a brutal counterinsurgency campaign to Bangladesh. She said terrorism, not social discrimination or inequality, triggered the crisis.
The Rohingya crisis steps into the first anniversary today (Saturday) with no real progress in the repatriation drive by Bangladesh other than the continuation of dialogue with Myanmar though Rohingyas are still coming into Bangladesh due to the absence of conducive environment in Rakhine.
“So far, the only progress is that the talks with Myanmar on repatriation have not stopped. And unfortunately, Rohingyas are still coming into Bangladesh for lack of conducive environment in Rakhine State,” a senior official told UNB reviewing the situation. Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in her recent remarks in Singapore tried to convey a message it is only Bangladesh which can decide how quickly Rohingyas would return to Myanmar apparently blaming Dhaka for the delay. “It’s not true that Bangladesh is delaying
the repatriation process,” the official said adding that Rohingyas are still coming in small groups every week. August 25 marks the first anniversary of the launching of crackdown by Myanmar’s military on Rohingyas in Rakhine State in response to what Myanmar says attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army on police posts.
ecurity forces and their proxies killed thousands of Rohingya, burned villages to the ground, committed widespread sexual violence and drove more than 700,000 people to flee into Bangladesh. A government official stationed on the ground said Bangladesh border still remains open which is unprecedented and shows Bangladesh’s generosity on humanitarian grounds. Suu Kyi, in a lecture in Singapore on Tuesday, said it was difficult to say when the Rohingyas who fled will be able to return to Rakhine state because her nation needs the cooperation of Bangladesh, according to an AP report. She said Myanmar has mapped out general sites for the resettlement of returning Rohingya, but the timing of the repatriation also depends on Bangladesh. The Myanmar leader defended her government’s actions in Rakhine state, where about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled from a brutal counterinsurgency campaign to Bangladesh. She said terrorism, not social discrimination or inequality, triggered the crisis.
