Hasina to China: Push Myanmar to accept Rohingya

ASIATIMES  

By Arshad Mahmud, Dhaka

Boys walk in front of a panoramic view of Rohingya settlements on May 27 in Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP / Diego Cupolo / NurPhoto

PM will warn that leaving refugees in Bangladesh camps makes them easy targets for Islamist radical recruiters 

Amid growing concern over the prolonged, indefinite stay of over a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshi makeshift camps, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is flying to China Monday for a five-day official visit.

Her visit is expected to focus primarily on enlisting Beijing’s support in resolving the festering crisis by using its influence to persuade Myanmar to take its nationals back.

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.

PM to highlight Rohingya crisis during China visit

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Published at  June 28th, 2019

File photo: Rohingya refugees gather at a market inside a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 7, 2019 Reuters

Dhaka, Beijing is expected to adopt a joint statement
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said, Rohingya crisis will top the agenda of discussions during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to China from July 2 to 6.

“The Rohingya issue will come up as a major topic during the prime minister’s visit … we do believe, after that, Beijing will take a ‘proactive role’ in resolving the crisis [Rohingya repatriation],” he said at a press briefing at the Foreign Ministry yesterday.

Rohingya return top priority in PM’s China visit

NEWAGE
Diplomatic Correspondent 
Published: , Jun 24,2019

Repatriation of Rohingyas would be the top priority issue during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China in the first week of July, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said on Sunday.

‘Beginning repatriation of Rohingya people [to Myanmar] would be a top priority,’ he told journalists at his office, adding, ‘we’ll continue to say they should go.’

The minister said that China would support the signing arrangements with Myanmar to begin the repatriation process.

Minister: PM expected to discuss Rohingya issue during China visit

Dhaka Tribune

Tribune Desk

Published at June 22nd, 2019

File photo: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen speaks at a seminar at the Natinal Press Clud on Sunday, March 17, 2019 Focus Bangla

State-sponsored discrimination against the Rohingyas stretches back decades in Myanmar

The Rohingya issue is likely to come up when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets with the Chinese premier during her official visit in July.

"Myanmar has great respect for China. If Beijing requests Nay Pyi Taw, then we hope the Rohingya issue will be resolved quickly," Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said at the closing ceremony of Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation Hanmadang Championship 2019 in Dhaka on Saturday.

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.

Asean team to visit Rakhine, Cox's Bazar 'soon'

TheNew Nation

Saturday, May 18, 2019

UNB, Dhaka :
Indonesia on Friday informed Bangladesh that a comprehensive response team of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will soon visit Rakhine State and Cox's Bazar to prepare a comprehensive need assessment.

Dhaka and Jakarta agreed to enhance the role of Asean in repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, the foreign

British envoy Dickson visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

theindepedent
2 April, 2019 
Independent Online Desk  

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson recently visited the Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar to witness how the UKAid is helping provide emergency food, safe water and hygiene for the Rohingya refugees, according to a post shared by British High Commission in Dhaka on its official Facebook page on Tuesday.

UNHCR’s international protection chief in Bangladesh for talks on seeking solutions and sustaining support to the Rohingya refugee crisis

UNHCR
  21 March 2019

UNHCR officials, Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, and Dominique Hyde, Director of External Relations, visit recently-arrived Rohingya families as they are registered using the Biometric Identity Management System (BIMS) at Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh. © UNHCR/Caroline Gluck

Volker Türk, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, concluded his visit to Bangladesh today, following high-level discussions with the Government of Bangladesh on the pursuit of solutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis.

CIS, APADM officials visit Rohingya camps, host communities

NEWAGE
Staff Correspondent |
Published: Mar 21,2019

Community Initiative Society and Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management officials visited Rohingya camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday, said a press release.

The CIS arranged the field visit at Hakimpara and Jamtoli Rohingya camps.

The APADM officials from Japan, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka and the Philippines visited the camps and host communities.