Turkey to build shelters for 100,000 Rohingya.

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COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 07 : Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar are seen during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's wife Emine Erdogan's visit at the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on September 07, 2017. ( Abdülhamid Hoşbaş - Anadolu Agency )
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By Mutasim Billah
DHAKA, Bangladesh

Turkey will build shelters for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, Turkish officials in Dhaka said on Sunday.

The announcement came as officials from the Turkish Embassy in Dhaka and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s (TIKA) Dhaka office held a meeting with Bangladesh's Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.

Turkish officials told Maya that Ankara will also provide 10,000 packages of food aid for locals in flood-hit areas of Bangladesh.

Since Aug. 25, more than 429,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar's western state of Rakhine into Bangladesh, according to the UN's migration agency.

In total, more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees are now believed to be in Bangladesh, including the arrivals since Aug. 25.

The refugees are fleeing a fresh security operation in which security forces and Buddhist mobs have killed men, women and children, looted homes, and torched Rohingya villages. According to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali, around 3,000 Rohingya have been killed in the crackdown.

Turkey has been at the forefront of providing aid to Rohingya refugees, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue with the UN.

The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.

 

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Turkish deputy PM visits Rohingya camp in Bangladesh


Recep Akdag distributes aid among Rohingya Muslims, says Turkey will build refugee camp for them in Bangladesh

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COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh


Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag distributed aid among Rohingya Muslims during his visit to a refugee camp in Bangladesh on Wednesday.

Akdag visited the camp along with his wife Seyma Akdag, Turkish Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) head Mehmet Gulluoglu, and Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya after landing in capital Dhaka.

The Turkish deputy premier handed out aid packages among Rohingya Muslims and said Turkey would build a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

During his talks with Maya, he said, Turkey made three separate proposals for the “construction of a camp, building a field hospital and drilling of well”.

The camp is planned to be a mid-phase accommodation camp for refugees that would operate alongside health services, including two field hospitals in the Rohingya Muslim-populated region, Akdag said.

He hoped the refugees would live only temporarily at the camp in Bangladesh and would eventually be able to return home, Akdag said: “We, Turkish and Bangladeshi governments, want Rohingya Muslims to return to their homes. In this respect, Turkey will carry on its work in the international platform.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instructed the material needed for the construction of the camp should be provided by artisans in Bangladesh, he added.

He also said the construction of the camp would begin immediately after Bangladeshi officials finalize the venue.

Since Aug. 25, more than 436,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar's western state of Rakhine into Bangladesh, according to the UN's migration agency’s latest report on Monday.

The refugees are fleeing a military operation in which Myanmar’s armed forces and Buddhist mobs have killed men, women and children, looted homes and torched Rohingya villages. According to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali, around 3,000 Rohingya have been killed in the crackdown.

Turkey has been at the forefront of providing aid to Rohingya refugees; Erdogan highlighted the issue at this year's UN General Assembly.

The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.

*Reporting by Kemal Karadag and Ali Kemal Akan; Writing by Cansu Dikme

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