Staff Reporter :
Thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded at many points of no man’s land in bordering areas are now in frantic efforts to trespass into Bangladesh territory despite strict vigilance.
The Rohingya civilians fleeing renewed violence in Myanmar are now staying at makeshift houses in bordering areas of Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts, according to our correspondents and agencies.
They took shelter on no man’s land after failing to cross the border since August 25.
And Bangladesh saw a fresh exodus of refugees after at least 89 people were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar on August 25.
Around 18,000 Rohingya refugees have fled fresh violence in Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh so far this time, with ‘hundreds and hundreds stranded in no man’s land at the countries’ border, the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday.
The situation across the border, which is demarcated in parts by narrow stretches of the Naf River, was ‘still volatile’.
“Thousands of thousands Rohingyas have gathered on the border and are trying to enter Bangladesh,” a senior Border Guard Bangladesh
(BGB) official told reporters.
BGB men on Wednesday have sent back 75 Rohingyas as they attempted to enter Bangladesh through bordering point in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
BGM men detained them from Shah Porir Dwip at about 5am on Wednesday as they made an attempt to trespass into the Bangladesh territory by boats, Col SM Ariful Islam, Director of BGB Teknaf Battalion-2 Lt Col SM Ariful Islam told journalists there.
He, however, said BGB men provided the Rohingya refugees with some food and medication before sending them back.
Police also detained around 325 Rohingya refugees from bordering areas since Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
Tight patrolling was enforced in the bordering area. Police and coastguards along with BGB were working to prevent the influx of Rohingyas.
Meanwhile, police recovered the bodies of four Rohingyas including two children from Shahpori Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday morning.
Police with the help of local people recovered the bodies from the bank of Naf River.
Additional Superintendent of Cox’s Bazar Police Afrujul Haque Putul said they might have drowned in boat capsize while trying to intrude into Bangladesh.
Sanjukta Sahany, a spokeswoman for the IOM in Cox’s Bazar, on the Bangladesh border with Myanmar, released the latest figures as human rights groups and advocates for the Rohingya say the Myanmar army was retaliating for attacks by Rohingya militants by burning down villages and shooting civilians.
The official death toll in the violence was 96 as of Sunday, and the actual number is likely to be higher.
A majority of Myanmar’s estimated 1 million Rohingya live in the northern part of Rakhine state, where they have faced persecution in the Buddhist-majority country.
Last week, Rohingya insurgents launched coordinated attacks against police posts, setting off retaliation by government forces.
Sahany said the Rohingya crisis was not an issue between Myanmar and Bangladesh but of international concern.
Some 87,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh since October last year and now another 18,000 in just one week.
But there are already 400,000 Rohingya living in squalid camps in Bangladesh and the government has instructed its border guards to prevent another influx at any cost.
Thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded at many points of no man’s land in bordering areas are now in frantic efforts to trespass into Bangladesh territory despite strict vigilance.
The Rohingya civilians fleeing renewed violence in Myanmar are now staying at makeshift houses in bordering areas of Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts, according to our correspondents and agencies.
They took shelter on no man’s land after failing to cross the border since August 25.
And Bangladesh saw a fresh exodus of refugees after at least 89 people were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar on August 25.
Around 18,000 Rohingya refugees have fled fresh violence in Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh so far this time, with ‘hundreds and hundreds stranded in no man’s land at the countries’ border, the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday.
The situation across the border, which is demarcated in parts by narrow stretches of the Naf River, was ‘still volatile’.
“Thousands of thousands Rohingyas have gathered on the border and are trying to enter Bangladesh,” a senior Border Guard Bangladesh
(BGB) official told reporters.
BGB men on Wednesday have sent back 75 Rohingyas as they attempted to enter Bangladesh through bordering point in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
BGM men detained them from Shah Porir Dwip at about 5am on Wednesday as they made an attempt to trespass into the Bangladesh territory by boats, Col SM Ariful Islam, Director of BGB Teknaf Battalion-2 Lt Col SM Ariful Islam told journalists there.
He, however, said BGB men provided the Rohingya refugees with some food and medication before sending them back.
Police also detained around 325 Rohingya refugees from bordering areas since Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
Tight patrolling was enforced in the bordering area. Police and coastguards along with BGB were working to prevent the influx of Rohingyas.
Meanwhile, police recovered the bodies of four Rohingyas including two children from Shahpori Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday morning.
Police with the help of local people recovered the bodies from the bank of Naf River.
Additional Superintendent of Cox’s Bazar Police Afrujul Haque Putul said they might have drowned in boat capsize while trying to intrude into Bangladesh.
Sanjukta Sahany, a spokeswoman for the IOM in Cox’s Bazar, on the Bangladesh border with Myanmar, released the latest figures as human rights groups and advocates for the Rohingya say the Myanmar army was retaliating for attacks by Rohingya militants by burning down villages and shooting civilians.
The official death toll in the violence was 96 as of Sunday, and the actual number is likely to be higher.
A majority of Myanmar’s estimated 1 million Rohingya live in the northern part of Rakhine state, where they have faced persecution in the Buddhist-majority country.
Last week, Rohingya insurgents launched coordinated attacks against police posts, setting off retaliation by government forces.
Sahany said the Rohingya crisis was not an issue between Myanmar and Bangladesh but of international concern.
Some 87,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh since October last year and now another 18,000 in just one week.
But there are already 400,000 Rohingya living in squalid camps in Bangladesh and the government has instructed its border guards to prevent another influx at any cost.
