HRW calls Bangladesh to protect Rohingya refugees

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HRW calls Bangladesh to protect Rohingya refugees

Calling upon the Bangladesh government to accept and protect Rohingya refugees, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the country is obligated to allow them to enter into its territory for their protection.

“Under customary international law, Bangladesh may not summarily reject at the border asylum seekers fleeing widespread human rights abuses or generalised violence. It is obligated to allow them to enter the country and seek protection,” an HRW statement said yesterday.

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HRW’s South Asian Director Meenakshi Ganguly said, “Bangladesh has long argued that it cannot afford to host the Rohingya, and itis of course imperative for the international community to provide necessary assistance.”

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She said that scores have been killed and over 1200 buildings destroyed in five villages in the predominately ethnic Rohingya areas near Maungdaw township in Myanmar during renewed violence since the October 9 attacks on border guard posts in Burma’s Rakhine State.

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There are allegations of serious abuses by Burma’s security forces, including arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings, and rape. Much of the impacted areas remain sealed to international aid organisations, the statement said.

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The United Nations estimates that 30,000 people have been internally displaced by the violence. Many Rohingya are fleeing, some getting on boats or walking or swimming to seek sanctuary in bordering Bangladesh.

“The Bangladeshi government, however, says it does not want more Rohingya refugees. While there are more than 30,000 registered refugees in the country, authorities estimate that 300,000 to 500,000 unregistered Rohingya are also already living in Bangladesh,” she said.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has pressed the Burmese government to provide immediate humanitarian access to provide aid to the Rohingya in accordance with international law and has asked Bangladesh to keep its border open to any civilians fleeing the violence.

She also said that at the Teknaf camp, the Rohingya survive in “abysmal conditions” at barely subsistence levels.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Bollocks. I'm not a fan of BD under Hasina, but HRW needs to address the core issue of mass murder instead of forcing BD to take more Rohingya refugees. That doesn't resolve the issue at heart and even neglects it. BD is right when it says that the root cause of the problem needs to be addressed instead of replacing Rohingya refugees. The whole world knows what is going on in Myanmar at the moment. The whole world is guilty of watching the other way. It is an outrage of unforgivable proportions. Innocent people are dying and that includes women and children.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

muslims are not happy in their own countries and are moving to non muslim countries and create problems there. cant they just stay put.

Seems like you have become drunkard by cow-cola,you VHP goon! Rohingyas don't want to move in any non muslim countries,they want to live in their ancestral homeland,which is Arakan.You can blame your British master for joining Arakan with Burma during colonial rule thus creating the problem in first place.They placed those innocent people at the hands of the barbaric jungle monkeys without any thought of future consequence.

 

[Loafer]

Bangladeshs should accept all Rohingyas and matter is solved.

Don't push these parasites to India. We already have enough Muslims.