Myanmar refugee problem to be solved diplomatically: Tuku
Dhaka, June 12 (UNB) - State Minister for Home Shamsul Haq Tuku has said the problem over the fresh entry of Myanmar refugees into Bangladesh will be solved diplomatically.
“It’s an unexpected situation but it’ll be resolved in a diplomatic way,” Tuku told reporters while emerging from a meeting at Home Ministry on Tuesday.
Replying to questions from the reporters over the issue, he said the Myanmar (Rohingya) refugees who have already entered Bangladesh with wounds due to violence in their homeland received medical treatment.
Tuku said members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Coast Guard have been kept on high alert along the border and vigilance has been increased there.
Riots between Buddhists and minority Muslim Rohingyas have left at least 12 people dead in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since Friday.
In the wake of the violence in the neighbouring country, law enforcers were kept on high alter as there is a possibility of influx of Myanmar nationals.
On Monday, BGB members pushed back 154 Myanmar nationals as they tried to enter Bangladesh territory through Cox’s Bazar frontier.
Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urged the Bangladesh government to allow the Myanmar refugees into Bangladesh but the government is yet to reply to the request.
The United Nations’ refugee agency estimates 800,000 Rohingya live in Rakhine state. Thousands attempt to flee every year to Bangladesh, Malaysia and elsewhere in the region, trying to escape persecution.
“It’s an unexpected situation but it’ll be resolved in a diplomatic way,” Tuku told reporters while emerging from a meeting at Home Ministry on Tuesday.
Replying to questions from the reporters over the issue, he said the Myanmar (Rohingya) refugees who have already entered Bangladesh with wounds due to violence in their homeland received medical treatment.
Tuku said members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Coast Guard have been kept on high alert along the border and vigilance has been increased there.
Riots between Buddhists and minority Muslim Rohingyas have left at least 12 people dead in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since Friday.
In the wake of the violence in the neighbouring country, law enforcers were kept on high alter as there is a possibility of influx of Myanmar nationals.
On Monday, BGB members pushed back 154 Myanmar nationals as they tried to enter Bangladesh territory through Cox’s Bazar frontier.
Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urged the Bangladesh government to allow the Myanmar refugees into Bangladesh but the government is yet to reply to the request.
The United Nations’ refugee agency estimates 800,000 Rohingya live in Rakhine state. Thousands attempt to flee every year to Bangladesh, Malaysia and elsewhere in the region, trying to escape persecution.
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