UNB, Dhaka :
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is likely to visit Bangladesh soon to see Rohingya situation here and discuss the issue with the government.
The visit is likely to take place in July and he will
visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district, Foreign Ministry sources said.
Grandi is the 11th High Commissioner for Refugees who was elected by the UN General Assembly on January 1 last year to serve a five-year term until December 31, 2020.
UNHCR works with humanitarian agencies such as the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme in Cox’s Bazar.
Over 70,000 Myanmar nationals from its Rakhine State entered Bangladesh since October 9 last year. They are currently living in different camps-Nayapara, Leda and Kutupalang in Teknaf and Ukhia-apart from other parts of the country, government sources said.
Bangladesh wants Myanmar to find out a way for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is likely to visit Bangladesh soon to see Rohingya situation here and discuss the issue with the government.
The visit is likely to take place in July and he will
visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district, Foreign Ministry sources said.
Grandi is the 11th High Commissioner for Refugees who was elected by the UN General Assembly on January 1 last year to serve a five-year term until December 31, 2020.
UNHCR works with humanitarian agencies such as the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme in Cox’s Bazar.
Over 70,000 Myanmar nationals from its Rakhine State entered Bangladesh since October 9 last year. They are currently living in different camps-Nayapara, Leda and Kutupalang in Teknaf and Ukhia-apart from other parts of the country, government sources said.
Bangladesh wants Myanmar to find out a way for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
