Are they not crossing into bangladesh? Where is the question of India taking them?
India can only issue statements now, but if they come in boats( via bay of bengal) I am sure they will be given relief.
I dont know the geographical details, I may sound like a moron without knowing it.
Why are you avoiding the question that bangladesh not fulfilling its duty to humanty. Why do you want to deflect it.
Are you too ashamed to accept?
Dhaka sticks to its 'no'
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Dhaka is embarrassed and upset over the international community's pressure to open the border for Rohingya refugees.
It has urged the international community to take the refugee issue with Myanmar instead of Bangladesh, as the trouble spawned in that country and the incidents of human rights violation are taking place there.
On Wednesday, during a press briefing in Washington, DC, US Department of State urged Bangladesh to respect international obligations under the refugee convention and allow the Rohingya refugees fleeing the ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar into its territory.
Dhaka vehemently reacted to the call for opening the border for refugees and termed this type of call “interference in the sovereignty of Bangladesh”.
Officials said Bangladesh was not signatory and state party of the UN refugee convention of 1951. Despite this, it had sheltered lakhs of Rohingya refugees in 1991 when they crossed the border in the face of persecutions in Myanmar.
“We are not deporting them. We always prefer voluntary return and want no more refugees,” said the officials.
Sources said the messages were conveyed to the international community that was worried about not allowing Myanmar Rohingyas in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, speaking in parliament yesterday, Dipu Moni said the Myanmarese government had communicated its anxiety to Bangladesh mission in Yangon, alleging that Jamaat-e-Islami had been helping some Rohingya groups living in Bangladesh with arms to incite the ongoing sectarian clash in Myanmar.
She also said Bangladesh was not bound by any international law to open its border for Myanmar refugees, as there was no war-like situation in that country and its government was not forcing its citizens into exile.
“Considering our national security interest, Bangladesh will not allow any Myanmar refugees in its territory,” Dipu Moni added.
She observed that international organisations and other non-governmental entities would better go to Myanmar and extend their support and aids to Rohingyas instead of pressing Bangladesh.
“Bangladesh will not allow anyone to use an inch of its land for doing harm to any of its neighbours,” she said adding that Dhaka will not also interfere in internal affairs of any country.
In another development yesterday, Charge de Affairs of US Embassy in Dhaka Nicholas Dean, Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden and UNHCR Country Representative Craig Sanders met Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes separately and conveyed their governments' stance not to push back Rohingyas and allow them in Bangladesh if they wanted to.
However, the foreign secretary told the diplomats that it would
not be possible for Bangladesh to accept more refugees as there were already over five lakh registered and illegal Rohingyas in the country, said officials.
They said the Bangladesh government was highly annoyed with the UNHCR representative as he was making public statements before discussing anything with it.
Foreign ministry sources said the UNHCR representative had sent a three-page letter to the ministry in which he narrated the refugee situation since June 8 and requested the government to let Rohingyas cross the border.
They said the letter was dated June 12, but was handed over to the foreign ministry yesterday. Meanwhile, the UNHCR official had been making public statements for the last few days, which was a gross violation of diplomatic rules.
“The foreign ministry will soon issue him [UNHCR representative] a warning for the violation of diplomatic norms,” said a high official, adding that the government would also issue a warning to another top ranking UN official who had recently held meetings with the locals of Chittagong Hill Tracts and made various allegations against the government.
“None of the countries or agencies that are requesting us to allow refugees are saying anything to Myanmar, but asking Bangladesh to open its border. Are we responsible for the violence in Myanmar?” said a high official of the foreign ministry.
The foreign ministry officials said they had received information that the situation in Rakhine state was becoming stable due to the steps taken by the central government.
They said the Rohingya issue would be given top priority during the Myanmar president's official visit to Bangladesh on July 15-17.
OIC'S URGE TO MYANMAR
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in a press note on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the reports of violence against Rohingya Muslim minorities in Arakan province and other parts of Myanmar.
It had been reported in the last few days that repeated attacks on Muslim Rohingyas and on their places of worship, property and residences had taken place in the western province of Rakhine. Also disturbing are the reports of armed mobs surrounding the Central Mosque and the Auk Ywa mosque intimidating worshippers, the note said.
The OIC has condemned such systematic the acts of violence and intimidation against the Rohingyas for decades and urged the OIC member states and the international community to urgently request Myanmar to contain such brutality and bring the culprits to justice.
As the country moves toward democratisation, the OIC expects the Myanmar government to live up to their democratic responsibilities, take all necessary measures to stop violence in the Arakan region, maintain international standards and fully accord the rights of citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, said the press note.