“It has been decided that all Rohingyas outside the Kutupalong camp will slowly be moved into it.”Efforts are underway to recover those Rohingyas who have taken refuge in the hilly areas outside the camp. Rohingyas currently in areas of Bandarban will be moved to the camp starting Oct 3. “The foreign ministry has sent a letter informing us to refer to the Myanmar nationals currently taking refuge in Bangladesh as ‘forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals’,’ said Disaster management and Relief Secretary Shah Kamal. Bangladesh is also giving refuge to nearly 400,000 Rohingyas who fled across the border at various points in the past few decades, prior to the latest influx. The Myanmar and Bangladesh governments discussed the Rohingya crisis at a meeting in Dhaka on Oct 2 and agreed to a ‘joint working group’ that would work to repatriate the Myanmar nationals.

Source: bd News24 October 05, 2017 09:11 UTC