“UNHCR will continue to work with the authorities concerned, including in the United States,” Kubo said. Canada, Australia and the United States were the top providers of asylum to Rohingya Muslims who came to Bangladesh from Myanmar before Dhaka stopped the programme around 2012. Canada has said it would welcome those fleeing persecution, terror and war, after Trump put a four-month hold on allowing refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries into the United States, an order since suspended by a US district judge. Hasina adviser Imam said providing aid to the new refugees and its citizens was the responsibility of the government. Two UN sources have separately told Reuters that more than 1,000 Rohingya may have been killed in the crackdown.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 17, 2017 05:06 UTC