OHCHR Needs To Be More Sincere In Myanmar-Bangladesh Rohingya Repatriation – OpEd

eurasiareview
By Harunur Rasid
April 17, 2023

Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The camp is one of three, which house up to 300,000 Rohingya people fleeing inter-communal violence in Myanmar. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Currently, more than 1.2 million Rohingya are living in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Teknaf. Although Bangladesh sheltered these Rohingyas for humanitarian reasons, it has been making strong demands to the international community to take this oppressed population back to Myanmar safely, sustainably and with dignity. The United Nations has described the operation as an act of ethnic cleansing.

Japan: Rohingya repatriation possible upon democracy resumption in Myanmar

Dhaka Tribune  

BSS
November 23, 2022

File photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Reuters

Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs TAKEI Shunsuke said sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas would be possible after resumption of democracy in Myanmar.

He said this while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence on Wednesday evening.

Dhaka seeks proactive role from Thailand, Asean to repatriate Rohingya

Dhaka Tribune

UNB
October 30, 2022

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen with Permanent Secretary-designate of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan UNB

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday sought a pro-active role from Thailand in particular, and from the Asean in general, for ensuring an expeditious and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya people to their homeland in Myanmar.

Momen also requested participation of the Thai foreign minister and deputy prime minister at the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Ministerial meeting in Dhaka next month.

Rohingya repatriation 'losing focus among int’l community'

Prothum Alo------ 

Raheed Ejaz
Dhaka
Published: 27 October 2020, 

 

Rohingya children are seen at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 7 March 2019.Reuters

Ever since the mass influx of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh in 2017, China had been behind the scenes in the repatriation process. It then came to the fore in 2018, being directly involved in the talks for repatriation. But despite China’s direct and indirect role, Myanmar has done nothing to actually take the Rohingyas back.

We want immediate repatriation of Rohingyas: PM to US Deputy Secretary of State

The Daily Star 

UNB, Dhaka
October 15, 2020

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was holding meeting with visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Beigun at her official residence Gono Bhaban on Thursday. Photo: PID

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to the international community, including the United States, to help Bangladesh rehabilitate Rohingyas in their homeland, Myanmar.

She also put emphasis on immediate repatriation of them and said Myanmar should take their citizens back.

"We want immediate repatriation of the Rohingyas and the world community, including the United States, should help rehabilitate them in their homeland of Myanmar," she said.