DHAKA: The UN has followed up a review of a remote island facility set up by Bangladesh for Rohingya refugees by calling on Dhaka to carry out the relocation process in a “phased manner.”
The recommendation comes despite warnings by rights groups that the site is vulnerable to severe weather and flooding.
A UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson in Dhaka, Charlie Goodlake, told Arab News on Saturday that the UN team is recommending that any future relocations “are undertaken in a gradual and phased manner.”
The UN planned to hold “further discussions” with Dhaka on the initiative, he said.
“It would help to ensure that the governance structure, facilities and services on the island meet the needs of Rohingya refugees living there,” Goodlake added.
Rohingya crisis originated in Myanmar and its solution lies only there, says Bangladesh
Rohingya crisis originated in Myanmar and its solution lies only there, says Bangladesh
Even The International Pressure Has So Far Failed To Refrain Myanmar Military From Implementing Its Long Term Depopulation Plan For Rohingyas, Added Mahmood.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Tahir Qureshi | Updated on: 10 Oct 2017, 09:11:50 PM
New Delhi:
Terming the Rohingya crisis as a regional catastrophe, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said that it is no longer an internal issue of Myanmar.
Mahmood appealed to the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to take back about 500,000 refugees living in Bangladesh adding that a total of 3,000 Rohingya Muslims have been killed since the army crackdown was launched and Human Rights Watch has got evidence of 284 villages of having been bulldozed.
updated: Apr 16 2021, 01:52 ist
Union Home Minister Amit Shah s recent remark on Bangladeshi infiltration has not gone down well with the neighbouring country, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government in Dhaka conveying to New Delhi its displeasure over the statement.
Shah recently told the ‘Anandabazar Digital’, a news portal in West Bengal, that poor people from Bangladesh infiltrated into India as they did not have enough food in their own country. Shah made the statement while campaigning for the BJP in West Bengal, where the saffron party made alleged influx of illegal migrants from Bangladesh a major poll issue.
His comment, however, triggered a sharp reaction from Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen.
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President Biden s Climate Summit and John Kerry s visit to Dhaka: Daily Star contributor
The writer says that Bangladesh must challenge the US to demonstrate that it recognises that loss is attributable to human-induced climate change and that it believes the victims deserve funds.
US climate envoy John Kerry speaks as Bangladesh s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen watches during a press briefing in Dhaka on April 9, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
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