Queen Mathilde's visit will help keep attention on Rohingya crisis: UNHCR

dailyobserver

Diplomatic Correspondent

Published : Thursday, 9 February, 2023

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Representative in Bangladesh Johannes van der Klaauw has said on Wednesday that the visit of the Queen of the Belgians is a significant support to their ongoing efforts to mobilize sufficient funding for life-saving and life-sustaining assistance.

"The Queen's visit comes as the crisis is well in to its sixth year of displacement, and against the backdrop of a serious decline in available funding," he said.

UNHCR, said the visit of the Queen of the Belgians will help keep the attention on the Rohingya situation, which continues to be one of the largest refugee crises in the world, an UNHCR release said.

Bangladesh to raise Rohingya issue during PM’s India visit

PRESS XPRESS
June 29, 2022

The issue of repatriation of Rohingya refugees is to be on the agenda during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to India. This information was given by the Indian news agency ANI in a report today (on June 29). PM Hasina is scheduled to visit the neighbouring country in early September this year.

According to the report, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masood bin Momen said in an exclusive interview with ANI that PM Sheikh Hasina will pay an official visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There, she will raise various issues arising out of the illegal migration of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh. These include the rise of fundamentalism, drug trafficking and human trafficking including women and children. “The only possible solution for us is the repatriation of the Rohingya to Rakhine State (Myanmar),” said Momen. I am sure that when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she will also raise the issue of how India can help us in this repatriation effort.