The Global Studies and Governance Pogramme of the IUB School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences organised the event titled ‘Rohingya: City on the Hill’ on its campus in Dhaka on Jan 24, 2021. The programme highlighted the humanitarian and repatriation challenges that heightened with the influx of more than 700,000 refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh in 2017. The inaugural session took place in the morning whereBritish High Commissioner Robert Dickson, chief guest of the opening session, expressed hope about a quick and sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis. Giorgi Gigauri, mission chief of the International Organization on Migration, and Fumiko Kashiwa, assistant representative of UNHCR, attended the session. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen was the chief guest at the closing session while World Bank Country Director Mercy Tembon and UN Resident Coordinator Mia Seppo were present as special guests.

Source: bd News24 January 27, 2021 22:40 UTC