Several Rohingya refugees from Australia have been detained at Dhaka Airport with invalid tourist visasAustralian police are investigating allegations that an official of the Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra was linked to issuing fake visas to Rohingya refugees that were attempting to visit relatives in Bangladesh. The allegations surfaced after several Rohingya refugees from Australia were detained at Dhaka Airport for travelling with invalid tourist visas allegedly provided by the official of the Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra, Australia. During questioning they told authorities that they had collected their visas from an employee at the Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra. Several members of the Rohingya group said they received their visas from an employee at the Bangladesh High Commission, the SBS report said. In response to the allegations, Bangladesh High Commissioner Sufiur Rahman, in a written statement, said that the High Commission had received travel documents with “fake handwritten visas” on them, over the past two weeks, from some Rohingya refugees from Australia.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 10, 2019 09:22 UTC