Over 90,000 Muslim Rohingya, an ethnic minority in predominantly Buddhist Burma, have been displaced in recent weeks after sectarian violence broke out in Burma’s Rakhine State.
Many of the Rohingya are fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh in search of medical aid, food and shelter, but the Bangladeshi government has so far refused to let them in. Instead, thousands have been pushed back to Burma, where the Rohingya population has been persecuted for over 30 years.
On June 13, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said Bangladesh was not willing to take in the Rohingyas, despite international calls and the UNHCR appealing to Bangladesh to let them in.
“We’re already burdened with thousands of Rohingya refugees staying in Bangladesh and we don’t want anymore,” said the foreign minister.
The reason for not taking the Rohingya in, according to the Bangladesh government, is that the country does not have the resources to take in any more refugees.
Over 200,000 Rohingya refugees are already believed to be living in Bangladesh.
Misha Hussain is a journalist covering aid, development and human rights. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
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thr is a solution to a problem not by sendin them to bangladesh is the problem huh ………………………………….justice should be given to them n cruel shud be punishedd
If you already have 140 million people, and all of them are surviving somehow, why is it so hard to accept few thousand, even if all of the 90,000 Rohingya go to Bangladesh, it won't jeopardize much, instead they will gain many very motivated, hard working people. True some people may do crime, but that does not represent all of the community. God is watching, and its the time of test for Bangladesh as a nation to act with kindness, just like many other countries helped Bangleshis in the past. Pakistan has taken in over 10 MILLION Afghan refugees, the largest Humanitarian Refugees in Human History.
300000 stranded urdu speaking pakistan living in misery in bangladesh in refugee camp why pakistan is not taking their people back to pakistan . they are dying for last 40 years in camp. these urdu speaking pakistanis worked for pakistan army . why you abandoned them after using them. please take these 300000 people.
Can OIC and other resourceful Muslim countries come in front to tackle the distressed Rohingyas issues and provide them comfort and shelter. Failure to do so the Ummah will be liable to Allah (SWT) in the day of Judgement.
excellent quote by the lady at the end of the video 'if life has any worth, then everyone's life is worth the same'.
wow…thanks! glad you agree
Wow!
I will try to remember this quote.
'if life has any worth, then everyone's life is worth the same'