Staff Reporter :
Several hundred Rohingya people from Myanmar entered Bangladesh through the international borders crossing the Naf River last week, said Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) Director General (DG) Major General Abul Hossain on Friday.
The BGB DG admitted it in a media briefing at Cox’s Bazar district’s Teknaf
land port on the Rohingya issue.
In advance, he visited several border points in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of the district.
“Many Rohingya refugees have managed to enter Bangladesh territory in the last seven days crossing the Naf River to flee the violence in the western Rakhine State of Myanmar,” BGB DG said.
He said, additional BGB men have already deployed on the borders to prevent entry of Rohingyas in the country.
“There is no barbed-wire fence on the 63 kilometres long Bangladesh-Myanmar border along Naf River making it easy for Rohingyas to enter here,” he said.
Apart from this, many Rohingyas and Bangladeshis are relatives, which prompt Rohingya entry, while there are impassable areas along the border where BGB men cannot enter DG Abul Hossain said.
Myanmar troops poured into the western State of Rakhine close to the Bangladesh frontier in response to the unidentified attacks on three border posts on October 9 that killed nine police officers.
Rohingya residents and human rights groups accused the military and Border Guard Forces of raping Rohingya women, torching houses and killing civilians indiscriminately. But the Myanmar government and the military high command deny the accusations.
The widespread violence has displaced thousands of Rohingya people fleeing the country to neighbouring Bangladesh for safety of life.
The Rohingya who successfully reached Bangladesh have sought shelter in makeshift camps across the Cox’s Bazar where earlier waves of refugees and asylum-seekers settled. “A group of brokers helped the Rohingyas to arrive in Bangladesh. We have intensified vigilance ont the borders to prevent their fresh migration,” said Major General Abul Hossain. He said, “BGB will push back Rohingya Muslims if they try to cross the borders illegally”.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday pushed back another 114 Myanmar citizens who were trying to cross into Bangladesh. On November 19, BGB pushed back 125 Rohingyas who tried to arrive in Bangladesh.
Several hundred Rohingya people from Myanmar entered Bangladesh through the international borders crossing the Naf River last week, said Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) Director General (DG) Major General Abul Hossain on Friday.
The BGB DG admitted it in a media briefing at Cox’s Bazar district’s Teknaf
land port on the Rohingya issue.
In advance, he visited several border points in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of the district.
“Many Rohingya refugees have managed to enter Bangladesh territory in the last seven days crossing the Naf River to flee the violence in the western Rakhine State of Myanmar,” BGB DG said.
He said, additional BGB men have already deployed on the borders to prevent entry of Rohingyas in the country.
“There is no barbed-wire fence on the 63 kilometres long Bangladesh-Myanmar border along Naf River making it easy for Rohingyas to enter here,” he said.
Apart from this, many Rohingyas and Bangladeshis are relatives, which prompt Rohingya entry, while there are impassable areas along the border where BGB men cannot enter DG Abul Hossain said.
Myanmar troops poured into the western State of Rakhine close to the Bangladesh frontier in response to the unidentified attacks on three border posts on October 9 that killed nine police officers.
Rohingya residents and human rights groups accused the military and Border Guard Forces of raping Rohingya women, torching houses and killing civilians indiscriminately. But the Myanmar government and the military high command deny the accusations.
The widespread violence has displaced thousands of Rohingya people fleeing the country to neighbouring Bangladesh for safety of life.
The Rohingya who successfully reached Bangladesh have sought shelter in makeshift camps across the Cox’s Bazar where earlier waves of refugees and asylum-seekers settled. “A group of brokers helped the Rohingyas to arrive in Bangladesh. We have intensified vigilance ont the borders to prevent their fresh migration,” said Major General Abul Hossain. He said, “BGB will push back Rohingya Muslims if they try to cross the borders illegally”.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday pushed back another 114 Myanmar citizens who were trying to cross into Bangladesh. On November 19, BGB pushed back 125 Rohingyas who tried to arrive in Bangladesh.
