25/07/2019
DHAKA, July 25 (Bernama) -- The longstanding impasse in repatriating Rohingya Muslims to their homeland in Myanmar may give way in September, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a senior Bangladeshi official Wednesday.
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday announced a possible schedule for the repatriation of Rohingya in Dhaka.
"I am expecting that repatriation will start from this September. After Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China, things get moving faster," he told reporters at his office, local daily The Financial Express reported.
"I have a gut feeling about it. We are getting positive feedback from all our friendly countries who are engaged in this process," it added.
The minister, who recently concluded his visit to the United Nations (UN) chief and United States (US) lawmakers this month, added that Myanmar would not expect global criticism over the issue during the UN General Assembly to be held in September.
The minister urged the international community to increase efforts in Rakhine state, Myanmar so repatriation could be conducted in a safe and conducive manner.
Nay San Lwin, campaign coordinator for the rights group Free Rohingya Coalition, expressed concern at the development.
"The world and the Bangladesh must make sure that the cycle of violence against Rohingyas not repeat again. Rohingyas can live back in their homeland as human beings," he told Anadolu Agency, underlining that the "genocide" of the Muslim group must end before repatriation may begin.
He added that More than a million Myanmar genocide survivors who took refuge in Bangladesh will go back to their homeland if protection, full citizenship, rights to return to their origin villages, rights to livelihood, access to education and access to healthcare are guaranteed.
"The genocide hasn't ended yet. It is ongoing. Until now there is no guarantee for anything," Lwin said.
The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.
According to Amnesty International, more than 750,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community in August 2017, pushing the number of persecuted people in Bangladesh above 1.2 million.
-- BERNAMA
SOURCE: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/official-rohingya-repatriation-likely-in-september/1540657
DHAKA, July 25 (Bernama) -- The longstanding impasse in repatriating Rohingya Muslims to their homeland in Myanmar may give way in September, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a senior Bangladeshi official Wednesday.
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday announced a possible schedule for the repatriation of Rohingya in Dhaka.
"I am expecting that repatriation will start from this September. After Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China, things get moving faster," he told reporters at his office, local daily The Financial Express reported.
"I have a gut feeling about it. We are getting positive feedback from all our friendly countries who are engaged in this process," it added.
The minister, who recently concluded his visit to the United Nations (UN) chief and United States (US) lawmakers this month, added that Myanmar would not expect global criticism over the issue during the UN General Assembly to be held in September.
The minister urged the international community to increase efforts in Rakhine state, Myanmar so repatriation could be conducted in a safe and conducive manner.
Nay San Lwin, campaign coordinator for the rights group Free Rohingya Coalition, expressed concern at the development.
"The world and the Bangladesh must make sure that the cycle of violence against Rohingyas not repeat again. Rohingyas can live back in their homeland as human beings," he told Anadolu Agency, underlining that the "genocide" of the Muslim group must end before repatriation may begin.
He added that More than a million Myanmar genocide survivors who took refuge in Bangladesh will go back to their homeland if protection, full citizenship, rights to return to their origin villages, rights to livelihood, access to education and access to healthcare are guaranteed.
"The genocide hasn't ended yet. It is ongoing. Until now there is no guarantee for anything," Lwin said.
The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.
According to Amnesty International, more than 750,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community in August 2017, pushing the number of persecuted people in Bangladesh above 1.2 million.
-- BERNAMA
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