Loading...

Diplomats to visit Rohingya camps on Sept 13

| Updated: October 22, 2017 13:36:21


Photo: bdnews24.com Photo: bdnews24.com

The diplomats working in Bangladesh is going to Cox's Bazar to oversee Rohingya situation in the area on September 13.

 

The government arranged the visit for diplomats, where Rohingya Muslims have taken refuge after fleeing violence in Myanmar,  Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said on Monday, reports bdnews24.com.

 

The minister spoke to the media in Dhaka after briefing diplomats from Asian countries on the Rohingya crisis.

 

Over the last few decades, almost half a million Rohingya Muslims have been living in two registered camps and makeshift settlements in bordering Cox's Bazar, fleeing persecution and communal violence.

 

Myanmar does not recognise the Rohingya people as its citizens, neither has it responded to Bangladesh's frequent calls to take back the refugees.

 

Attacks on a police camp in October last year sparked an influx of almost 87,000 refugees into Bangladesh. Fresh violence broke out on Aug 25 when insurgents attacked 30 police posts and an army base.

 

More than 300,000 Rohingyas are said to have fled Rakhine and sought shelter over the border in Bangladesh in the weeks since the fresh violence.

Share if you like

Filter By Topic