Rohingya camps risk turning into a terrorist hub: home minister

The Daily Star
Fri May 31, 2024  

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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said the Rohingya camps risk turning into a potential hub for international terrorists if the persecuted citizens of Myanmar are not repatriated to their country soon.

Minister: Discussions underway for safe return of Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune  

September 15, 2022

‘Presence of Rohingyas in our country is causing us trouble,’ says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

  File Photo: People walk through a marketplace at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said discussions are underway for safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas in Bangladesh to Myanmar.

He was addressing a workshop as chief guest in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday.

“The presence of the Rohingyas in our country is causing us trouble. Efforts are underway to repatriate them in a safe and respectful way to Myanmar,” he said.

 

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Army Would Be Deployed In Rohingya Camps If Needed: B'desh Home Minister

MENAFN 

(MENAFN- IANS) By Sumi Khan

Date 8/29/2022 

Dhaka, Aug 29 (IANS) Stating that the efforts of the Bangladesh government were underway to repatriate the Rohingya refugees, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said Army troops would be deployed in Rohingya refugee camps if necessary to prevent crimes and check smuggling of drugs into the country.

Incidents of crimes such as murder, robbery, rape, drug smuggling and several other criminal activities have increased nearly seven times in the last five years in the Cox's Bazar area, officials said.

Home Ministry: Don’t make demands, Rohingya groups here illegal and can face action

malaymail  

Thursday, 30 Apr 2020
BY IDA LIM

Rohingya refugees are seen at a Rohingya settlement in Bandar Baru Sentul, Kuala Lumpur April 24, 2020. — Picture Hari Anggara

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Any organisations representing the Rohingya community in Malaysia are invalid by law and will face government action as the Registrar of Societies had never registered any such organisations, the Home Ministry insisted today.

It also reiterated that Malaysia does not recognise the community as refugees but merely “illegal immigrants”, even if they hold the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identification cards, and therefore have no rights to make demands to Putrajaya.

Home minister: Malaysia sent Rohingya boat away with food as borders closed due to Covid-19

malaymail 

Thursday, 30 Apr 2020 BY IDA LIM

A boat carrying suspected ethnic Rohingya migrants is seen detained in Malaysian territorial waters, in Langkawi April 5, 2020. — Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Malaysian authorities turned away a boat with ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar only after providing them with food to continue their journey elsewhere, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said today.

Hamzah was referring to a recent news report of the Royal Malaysian Navy intercepting a boat carrying about 200 Rohingya that was spotted 70 nautical miles away from Langkawi, with the crew of a navy ship providing food to them on humanitarian grounds before ensuring the boat left the country’s waters.

We are helping Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds

Dhaka Tribune
S Bashu Das Bandarban 
December 21st, 2016 

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal attends Raj Punnah festival, a traditional festival of the Bomang tribe in Bandarban, as chief guest on Wednesday.

The Home Minister has also claimed that the combined efforts of the security force, intelligence and the people of the country have successfully curbed militancy.