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Published : Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
In
a bid to wipe out growing terror and criminal activities in Rohingya
camps, the government has decided to conduct joint operation by
combining Army, Police and other law enforcement agencies. In addition,
army and relevant law enforcers will be deployed in the camps to deter
drug smuggling.
However, on one hand we welcome the planned joint forces operation while on the other the operation has been long overdue.
However, on one hand we welcome the planned joint forces operation while on the other the operation has been long overdue.
Ranging
from murder, drug smuggling to other criminal activities, a section of
the Rohingyas have gradually emerged as a security threat for Bangladesh
in the past 5 years. Moreover, a series of deadly clashes in the past
couple of years between two Rohingya groups at the rfugee camps in Cox's
Bazar has only manifested the looming security threat in our country.
The point, however, unless the security threat is seriously addressed soon - it has all potentials of spreading to other camps and areas by inviting all-out anarchy and instability - not only within the camps but going beyond the country and region as well.
During the time of writing, our law enforcers have already identified a significant number of Rohingya members reportedly involved in various criminal activities ranging from robbery, abductions to smuggling of arms and drugs in the region. And in recent years the community's members have become targets of human trafficking networks. On that note - the least we expect is innocent Rohingya refugees sheltered in our country becoming victims of human trafficking.
As far as the expected joint operations are concerned, the Army, Border Guard Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion, Ansar, Armed Police Battalion, and Police will jointly conduct operations inside and outside the refugee camps based on specific information based on 'need and reality'.
At the same time it is important to bring all Rohingya camps scattered along the southern region under a surveillance scanner. It has been reported that many refugees are communicating over mobile phones with Myanmar Sim Cards while residing within our territory, this must be stopped the quickest. It won't be surprising, in case some refugees are found to be covertly operating on behalf of Myanmar intelligence apparatus.
Understandably, establishing round-the-clock surveillance in as many as 34 heavily congested Rohingya camps, housing over a million Rohingyas will be a challenging task for our joint forces. But to soon launch a long-drawn-out operation is a dire security necessity.
In conclusion, as much as we expect upcoming joint operations to be a success, it is equally important to ensure that human rights are not anyhow violated inside the refugee camps.
The point, however, unless the security threat is seriously addressed soon - it has all potentials of spreading to other camps and areas by inviting all-out anarchy and instability - not only within the camps but going beyond the country and region as well.
During the time of writing, our law enforcers have already identified a significant number of Rohingya members reportedly involved in various criminal activities ranging from robbery, abductions to smuggling of arms and drugs in the region. And in recent years the community's members have become targets of human trafficking networks. On that note - the least we expect is innocent Rohingya refugees sheltered in our country becoming victims of human trafficking.
As far as the expected joint operations are concerned, the Army, Border Guard Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion, Ansar, Armed Police Battalion, and Police will jointly conduct operations inside and outside the refugee camps based on specific information based on 'need and reality'.
At the same time it is important to bring all Rohingya camps scattered along the southern region under a surveillance scanner. It has been reported that many refugees are communicating over mobile phones with Myanmar Sim Cards while residing within our territory, this must be stopped the quickest. It won't be surprising, in case some refugees are found to be covertly operating on behalf of Myanmar intelligence apparatus.
Understandably, establishing round-the-clock surveillance in as many as 34 heavily congested Rohingya camps, housing over a million Rohingyas will be a challenging task for our joint forces. But to soon launch a long-drawn-out operation is a dire security necessity.
In conclusion, as much as we expect upcoming joint operations to be a success, it is equally important to ensure that human rights are not anyhow violated inside the refugee camps.
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