Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said the government does not have any plan to give any refugee status to Rohingya. Steps will be taken so that Rohingya refugees cannot leave the camps they have been staying and mix with Bangladeshi citizens, he said. Some 450,000 Rohingya have already entered Bangladesh fleeing persecution in Myanmar, said Amu adding 12 makeshift camps have been set up to provide shelter to the Rohingya refugees and more will be constructed. A vested quarter has been trying to destroy the communal harmony in the country centring the Rohingya crisis ahead of Durga Puja, the minister said. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Law Minister Anisul Huq, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan and State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque, chiefs of several law enforcing agencies were present at the meeting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 24, 2017 10:18 UTC