Govt has failed diplomatically on Rohingya issue: BNP

bdnews24.com
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 23 Aug 2019

Senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says the government has diplomatically failed to repatriate forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh.

He made the remarks at an event in Dhaka on Friday, a day after a second attempt to repatriate the Rohingyas fell flat following first attempt made in November last year.

Rohingya issue could turn into unbearable crisis for Bangladesh: ex-UN chief

THEWEEK
By PTI  
July 10, 2019 
 
Ban Ki-moon criticised Myanmar for being reluctant in taking back Rohingya Muslims

The Rohingya issue would eventually become an unbearable crisis for Bangladesh, former UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday as he criticised Myanmar for being reluctant in taking back tens of thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims.

According to the UN estimates, nearly 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in the Rakhine state since August 2017 when the Myanmar army launched a military crackdown

Bangladesh leader Hasina touches down in China amid Rohingya crisis with Myanmar

bdnews24.com
Reazul Bashar from China, bdnews24.com
Published: 02 Jul 2019

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in China on a five-day official visit -- her first to the Asian superpower after forming government for a third straight term.

A VVIP flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines took off with the prime minister and her delegation from the Shahjalal International Airport at 5pm on Monday. The plane landed in Dalian’s Zhoushuizi International Airport at 12:10am local time (10:10pm Bangladesh standard time).

Gov't committed to locating PDRM, Immigration in tackling Rohingya issue

Bernama.com

Last update: 01/07/2019

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) — The government is committed to placing the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) together with the Immigration Department soon in resolving the issue of registration of Rohingya refugees.

They are now under the supervision of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said 173, 731 Rohingya comprising 124,753 refugees and 48,978 asylum seekers were recorded by the UNHCR up to May 31 this year.

“The government had discussed with the UNHCR to place both agencies together in the refugee status determination process...however, it has not been finalised yet " she said in the Dewan Rakyat today.

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Why the UN failed to save the Rohingya

Al Jazeera
by Joshua Carroll

28 Jun 2019

Insiders say UN sought to downplay criticism of Myanmar and was hamstrung by China, Russia opposition to firm response.

A Rohingya refugee and her children wade ashore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat in September 2017 [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Yangon, Myanmar - When Liam Mahony travelled to Myanmar to advise the United Nations on its handling of the Rohingya crisis, the dozens of aid workers he spoke to were almost unanimous in their appraisal of the organisation's approach.

Their view, the researcher recalls, was "this was all screwed up... this was not going to help the Rohingya population".

PM’s China Visit: Dhaka wants stronger role of Beijing on Rohingya

The Daily Star
 June 29, 2019

Dhaka is expecting Beijing, a close ally of Myanmar, to play a more effective role in addressing the Rohingya crisis as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits China from July 1-5.

“We hope Rohingya issue will get prominence during her visit. We have high hopes to see progress in this regard,” Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said at a press briefing at his ministry yesterday.

Bangladesh seeks more Chinese support to Rohingya issue

AA

Md. Kamruzzaman | 

DHAKA, Bangladesh

28.06.2019 

China, Russia and India now mostly standing in favor of Bangladesh in Rohingya issue, Dhaka's top diplomat claims 

 

Bangladesh will ask more support from China on the issue of safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingya Muslim to their own land in Myanmar, an official said Friday.

"We are hopeful that we will get China’s full support to pressurize Myanmar to return their citizens [Rohingya] with safety and dignity”, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters in Dhaka while briefing about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit to Beijing.

'ASEAN declaration on Rohingya lacks teeth'

AA

Md. Kamruzzaman

24.06.2019

DHAKA, Bangladesh

Rights group tells ASEAN leaders to set timeline for Myanmar to settle Rohingya issue

Rohingya rights activists have termed Sunday’s ASEAN declaration on the Rohingya crisis, as lacking teeth and spine.

They urged the Southeast Asian grouping of leaders to set a timeline for Myanmar to settle the refugee crises.

Dhaka to share concerns about Rohingya issue with Beijing

Dhaka Tribune
June 23rd, 2019
Tribune Desk 

Rohingyas crossing over to Bangladesh after Rohingya insurgent attacks on Myanmar security forces in August 2017 triggered a sweeping military crackdown Mahmud Hossain Opu /Dhaka Tribune

Prolonged stay of Rohingyas might cause radicalism, uncertainty

Bangladesh will convey to China during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit scheduled for July 1-5, its fear of "radicalism and uncertainty" on the security front in the region, due to the prolonged stay of Rohingyas in Bangladesh.

Dhaka to share concerns over Rohingya issue with Beijing

UNB
June 23, 2019
UNB News

Bangladesh will convey its fear of ”radicalism and uncertainty” in the region on security front to China due to the prolonged stay of Rohingyas in Bangladesh during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit scheduled for July 1-5. Photo: AP 

Dhaka, June 23 (UNB) – Bangladesh will convey its fear of ”radicalism and uncertainty” in the region on security front to China due to the prolonged stay of Rohingyas in Bangladesh during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit scheduled for July 1-5.

“If the problem [Rohingya crisis] remains unresolved for a long time, there’s a possibility of growing some pockets of radicalism. If terrorist acts grow, there’ll be uncertainty in the entire region,” said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday.

Asean Leaders Hold Off From Demanding Citizenship for Rohingyas

Bloomberg
By Philip Heijmans
23 June 2019,

Rohingyas at the Unchiprang refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Photographer: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images AsiaPac

Southeast Asian leaders held back from collectively demanding that Myanmar provide citizenship for Rohingyas even as some member nations sought more rights for the persecuted minority group.

Southeast Asian leaders meet, expected to discuss Rohingyas, South China Sea

REUTERS
June 23, 2019
Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Panu Wongcha-um

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders met on Sunday for a second day of a summit in Bangkok, where they were expected to discuss pressing regional issues including the plight of Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingyas and the South China Sea dispute.

Leaders of the 10 countries on Saturday adopted a joint declaration against marine plastic pollution and stressed the importance of a regional trade pact first proposed by China.

Myanmar pushing the region and the world towards a catastrophic situation centering Rohingya refugee issue

BLiTZ
June 16, 2019
Anita Mathur

 After playing dilly-dally with Bangladesh for over two years and fooling the international community with its false promise of taking back over one million Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, Myanmar has now resorted to its nefarious agenda of making its Rakhine state totally Rohingya free – more precisely – Muslim free.

The Burma Act in the House: What it means for the Rohingya

Jewish World Watch
June 14, 2019
Ann Strimov Durbin

Rohingya children living in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Rares Michael Ghilezan  

Congress is not giving up on the Rohingya! After much anticipation, the House companion bill to the newest incarnation of the Burma Act was introduced on Tuesday, June 14. The Burma United through Rigorous Military Accountability Act (H.R. 3190) — sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) — authorizes significant humanitarian assistance and aims to hold Burma’s Tatmadaw military accountable not only for the atrocities it continues to perpetrate against the Rohingya Muslim minority population, but also for campaigns targeting other minority groups within the Buddhist-majority country.

UN member states urged to play effective role over Rohingya issue

The Daily Star
Star Online Report
June 12, 2019

 Bangladesh has urged the UN member states to play an effective role for a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis and promote an effective migration governance to ensure safe and orderly migration.

The call was made at an Eid reunion organised by the Bangladesh’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York on Tuesday attended by permanent representatives and diplomats of more than 100 countries including India, Japan, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

I’ll visit China in July to talk on Rohingya issue: PM

The Daily Star

 June 09, 2019

Star Online Report

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Star file photo

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that she would visit China by July to talk about repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine state in the face of ethnic cleansing there.
“I hope that I would be successful in dealing with the Rohingya issue with China,” the PM said while addressing a press conference at her official Gono Bhaban residence this afternoon.

Why Suu Kyi is silent on the Rohingya issue

The Daily Star  

Thursday, "April 18, 2019"

Sayeed Ahmed

The Nobel Peace Prize winner stood up against the ruthless military regime as she fought for democracy, but not when it came to defending the persecuted Rohingya people. Why?

 Aung San Suu Kyi, General Aung San's daughter, rose to prominence during her 15 years of imprisonment over a period of 21 years from 1989 to 2010. PHOTO: REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

Aung San Suu Kyi's inability to speak up for the Rohingya in Myanmar has been a riddle. The Western world had elevated her almost to the status of sainthood, only to find that she is actually a politician, happy to switch sides as convenient. In the process, it is the Myanmar regime that benefited most from her celebrity status, as they legitimised their hold on power. Suu Kyi, however, defended her government's actions, saying that it cannot solve the Rohingya issue within a short time as the “…situation in Rakhine has been such since many decades.”

Rohingya, trade to dominate Momen-Pompeo talks

Dhaka Tribune
Brajesh Upadhyay, Washington
Published at  April 8th, 2019

                           Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Foreign Minister Momen arrived in Washington DC on Sunday

The Rohingya crisis and US investments in Bangladesh will top the agenda when Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at the State Department, on Monday.

( 12.12.2016 ) Under diplomatic pressure, Myanmar calls ASEAN meet to discuss ‘Rohingya issue’

hindustantimes

Updated: Dec 12, 2016

In this handout photograph released by Myanmar state counsellor office on Sunday shows Muslim minority residents of Maungdaw located in Rakhine State gathering to received humanitarian aid from UNHCR officiated by Rakhine State officials and UNHCR officials on December 9, 2016. Myanmar has called an emergency ASEAN meeting to discuss the Rohingya crisis, a diplomat said on December 12, 2016, as regional tensions rise over a bloody military crackdown on the Muslim minority. (AFP)