Bangladesh urged the international community to take stronger action to ensure justice, repatriation, and stability for the forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims.

 

 

Seeking global support to resolve the crisis, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus said, “We don’t foresee any scope whatsoever for further mobilization of resources from our domestic resources, given our own challenges. The Rohingya issue and its sustainable resolution must be kept alive on the global agenda as they need our support until they return home”.

 

 

He said, “It is not only the responsibility of Bangladesh, but also of the international community to share the burden of the Rohingya crisis, to reflect on the possible solutions, and play an active role in implementing those”.

Yunus said this while addressing the ongoing three-day international conference titled “Stakeholders’ Dialogue: Takeaways to the High-Level Conference on Rohingya Situation”.

 

 

The conference aims to engage global stakeholders to find solutions to the prolonged Rohingya crisis, reports Bangladesh Sanghbad Sangstha (BSS).

The Chief Advisor also presented a seven-point proposal, calling for collective efforts to chart a practical roadmap for the speedy, safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state at the earliest.

 

 

Noting that Bangladesh opened its border to the Rohingya in a humanitarian gesture to save their lives despite resource and capacity constraint, the chief adviser said, “Currently Bangladesh hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar that makes Cox’s Bazar the largest refugee camp in the world”.

 

 

In addition, around 32,000 new babies are born each year in these camps, he said, adding, on the contrary, only less than 5 lakh of them (Rohingyas) are living in Myanmar, which manifests that due to continued persecution, Rohingyas continue to leave Myanmar, reports BSS.