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Myanmar to send back 126 more "boat people" to Bangladesh
English.news.cn 2015-08-21 10:28:00
YANGON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities are making arrangements to send back 126 more "boat people" who are verified as Bangladeshi nationals, to their country of origin by next Tuesday, an official report said Friday.
The Bangladeshi nationals out of the remaining 228 awaiting for repatriation are temporarily sheltered at Taung Pyo (Letwe) camp in Rakhine state.
The Myanmar navy rescued over 200 "boat people" in Rakhine state's Maungtaw and over 700 in Ayeyawaddy region's Pyapon in May when patrolling in Myanmar waters.
The Myanmar authorities had sent back a total of 501 Bangladeshi "boat people" on four different occasions since June after citizenship verification.
Investigations by the Myanmar government have found that some of the "boat people" had fallen victim to human trafficking rings and crime syndicates after receiving work offers in Thailand and Malaysia from illegal job brokers.
Myanmar to send back 126 more "boat people" to Bangladesh - Xinhua | English.news.cn
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Myanmar sends back 159 more "boat people" to Bangladesh
Source:Xinhua Published: 2015-8-10 22:04:36
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Myanmar authorities sent back on Monday 159 more Bangladeshi nationals rescued by the Myanmar navy to their country of origin, Bangladesh, after verification, according to a release of the Foreign Ministry.
The Bangladeshi people were repatriated from Taung Pyao (Letwe) camp with the remaining verified ones to be handed over later.
Myanmar navy rescued over 200 "boat people" in Rakhine state's Maungtaw and over 700 in Ayeyawaddy region's Pyapon in May when patrolling the waters.
Myanmar authorities have sent back a total of 501 Bangladeshi " boat people" on four different occasions since June after citizenship verification.
Investigation by the Myanmar government found that some of the "boat people" had fallen victim to human trafficking rings and crime syndicates after receiving offer of work in Thailand and Malaysia from illegal job brokers.
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Myanmar to repatriate 37 more migrants to Bangladesh today
By Nyan Lynn Aung | Friday, 19 June 2015
Myanmar is to repatriate 37 more Bangladeshis today, according to officials, the second group to be sent back out of 208 migrants taken from traffickers by the navy off the coast of Rakhine State last month. The officials have also revealed that almost 200 people aboard a second vessel rescued on May 29 have been confirmed as being from Myanmar.
Migrants allowed to land by the Myanmar navy arrive at the Mee Tike temporary camp near Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on June 4. Photo: EPA
U Saw Naing, a senior official of the Maungdaw district immigration department involved in the citizenship verification process, told The Myanmar Times that Bangladesh had agreed to take back the 37 migrants through the Maungdaw border crossing.
The government has come under pressure from Rakhine nationalists, including Buddhist monks, demanding the swift repatriation of two boatloads of migrants taken to detention centres in the state after being found at sea. They were among several thousand Bangladeshi and Myanmar migrants, many of them Rohingya Muslims, abandoned by human traffickers in recent months after Thailand moved to shut down smuggling routes.
The Bangladeshi embassy in Yangon did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. The repatriation process is going ahead despite the start yesterday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
On June 8, Myanmar sent back a first group of 150 Bangladeshis from the 208 people on board a boat rescued on May 21 off the Rakhine coast. U Tin Maung Swe, state executive secretary, said Bangladesh had also agreed to take back 13 more Bangladeshis from that boat once further checks are completed.
According to officials, Myanmar and Bangladeshi consular officials are still discussing the repatriation of more than 500 Bangladeshis who were on board a second boat that the navy seized further south, off Ayeyarwady Region, on May 29, and then towed to Rakhine State in early June.
“We are trying to repatriate them as soon as possible,” a senior foreign ministry official said.
The official, who asked not to be named, said 187 people crammed into the boat had been identified as “Bengali” from Myanmar, the name the government used for those who self-identify as Rohingya. Earlier reports cited officials as saying there had been more than 700 people on board, including about 120 women and children.
U Tin Maung Swe said there could be delays in repatriating the Bangladeshis from the second boat because of the time needed by the Bangladeshi authorities to check identities and addresses.
“We have to repatriate them once the Bangladesh government gives the green light,” he said.
Establishing which country the migrants are coming from is a complex and sensitive issue. Many Rohingya are stateless in both Myanmar and Bangladesh. Some were born in Myanmar and then fled inter-communal violence and persecution by crossing the border to Bangladesh before entrusting their fate to human traffickers, who in some cases abducted them for ransom.
Myanmar rejects accusations of persecution and insists most of the boat migrants are Bangladeshis fleeing their country for economic reasons. The UN and independent activists have established however that several hundred Myanmar Rohingya were allowed off the first boat before it was “rescued” by the navy on May 21.
International agencies, including the UN, have not been involved in the identity verification process, officials say. The UN refugee agency says it is supplying humanitarian aid to two detention centres set up for the migrants in the north of Rakhine State close to the border with Bangladesh.
U Saw Naing said the 187 Myanmar Bengalis were still in a temporary shelter in the area of Taung Pyo Lat Wae. The plan was to return them to their places of origin, he said.
“Most of them were from Maungdaw and Myebon. Some fled and some were trafficked,” he said.
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Bangladesh Govt to bring back 208 Bangladeshis rescued by Myanmar Navy | Ministry Of Information
English.news.cn 2015-08-21 10:28:00
YANGON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities are making arrangements to send back 126 more "boat people" who are verified as Bangladeshi nationals, to their country of origin by next Tuesday, an official report said Friday.
The Bangladeshi nationals out of the remaining 228 awaiting for repatriation are temporarily sheltered at Taung Pyo (Letwe) camp in Rakhine state.
The Myanmar navy rescued over 200 "boat people" in Rakhine state's Maungtaw and over 700 in Ayeyawaddy region's Pyapon in May when patrolling in Myanmar waters.
The Myanmar authorities had sent back a total of 501 Bangladeshi "boat people" on four different occasions since June after citizenship verification.
Investigations by the Myanmar government have found that some of the "boat people" had fallen victim to human trafficking rings and crime syndicates after receiving work offers in Thailand and Malaysia from illegal job brokers.
Myanmar to send back 126 more "boat people" to Bangladesh - Xinhua | English.news.cn
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Myanmar sends back 159 more "boat people" to Bangladesh
Source:Xinhua Published: 2015-8-10 22:04:36
Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on linkedin More Sharing Services 0
Myanmar authorities sent back on Monday 159 more Bangladeshi nationals rescued by the Myanmar navy to their country of origin, Bangladesh, after verification, according to a release of the Foreign Ministry.
The Bangladeshi people were repatriated from Taung Pyao (Letwe) camp with the remaining verified ones to be handed over later.
Myanmar navy rescued over 200 "boat people" in Rakhine state's Maungtaw and over 700 in Ayeyawaddy region's Pyapon in May when patrolling the waters.
Myanmar authorities have sent back a total of 501 Bangladeshi " boat people" on four different occasions since June after citizenship verification.
Investigation by the Myanmar government found that some of the "boat people" had fallen victim to human trafficking rings and crime syndicates after receiving offer of work in Thailand and Malaysia from illegal job brokers.
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Myanmar to repatriate 37 more migrants to Bangladesh today
By Nyan Lynn Aung | Friday, 19 June 2015
Myanmar is to repatriate 37 more Bangladeshis today, according to officials, the second group to be sent back out of 208 migrants taken from traffickers by the navy off the coast of Rakhine State last month. The officials have also revealed that almost 200 people aboard a second vessel rescued on May 29 have been confirmed as being from Myanmar.
Migrants allowed to land by the Myanmar navy arrive at the Mee Tike temporary camp near Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on June 4. Photo: EPA
U Saw Naing, a senior official of the Maungdaw district immigration department involved in the citizenship verification process, told The Myanmar Times that Bangladesh had agreed to take back the 37 migrants through the Maungdaw border crossing.
The government has come under pressure from Rakhine nationalists, including Buddhist monks, demanding the swift repatriation of two boatloads of migrants taken to detention centres in the state after being found at sea. They were among several thousand Bangladeshi and Myanmar migrants, many of them Rohingya Muslims, abandoned by human traffickers in recent months after Thailand moved to shut down smuggling routes.
The Bangladeshi embassy in Yangon did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. The repatriation process is going ahead despite the start yesterday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
On June 8, Myanmar sent back a first group of 150 Bangladeshis from the 208 people on board a boat rescued on May 21 off the Rakhine coast. U Tin Maung Swe, state executive secretary, said Bangladesh had also agreed to take back 13 more Bangladeshis from that boat once further checks are completed.
According to officials, Myanmar and Bangladeshi consular officials are still discussing the repatriation of more than 500 Bangladeshis who were on board a second boat that the navy seized further south, off Ayeyarwady Region, on May 29, and then towed to Rakhine State in early June.
“We are trying to repatriate them as soon as possible,” a senior foreign ministry official said.
The official, who asked not to be named, said 187 people crammed into the boat had been identified as “Bengali” from Myanmar, the name the government used for those who self-identify as Rohingya. Earlier reports cited officials as saying there had been more than 700 people on board, including about 120 women and children.
U Tin Maung Swe said there could be delays in repatriating the Bangladeshis from the second boat because of the time needed by the Bangladeshi authorities to check identities and addresses.
“We have to repatriate them once the Bangladesh government gives the green light,” he said.
Establishing which country the migrants are coming from is a complex and sensitive issue. Many Rohingya are stateless in both Myanmar and Bangladesh. Some were born in Myanmar and then fled inter-communal violence and persecution by crossing the border to Bangladesh before entrusting their fate to human traffickers, who in some cases abducted them for ransom.
Myanmar rejects accusations of persecution and insists most of the boat migrants are Bangladeshis fleeing their country for economic reasons. The UN and independent activists have established however that several hundred Myanmar Rohingya were allowed off the first boat before it was “rescued” by the navy on May 21.
International agencies, including the UN, have not been involved in the identity verification process, officials say. The UN refugee agency says it is supplying humanitarian aid to two detention centres set up for the migrants in the north of Rakhine State close to the border with Bangladesh.
U Saw Naing said the 187 Myanmar Bengalis were still in a temporary shelter in the area of Taung Pyo Lat Wae. The plan was to return them to their places of origin, he said.
“Most of them were from Maungdaw and Myebon. Some fled and some were trafficked,” he said.
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Bangladesh Govt to bring back 208 Bangladeshis rescued by Myanmar Navy | Ministry Of Information
