KPN News
July 11, 2013
Teknaf,
Bangladesh: South East Asian Refugee Deputy Coordinator (SEARDC) and Ambassador
Ms Lillian Dowe, UNHCR and RRRC representatives visited the Nayapara camp,
under Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar district, on July 9, said a refugee teacher from the
camp who preferred not to be named.
The
delegates were warmly welcomed by Kamruzzaman, Nayapara Camp-in-Charge ,
Bangladesh. They reached the camp at around 12:00 noon.”
After
arrival at the camp, they visited the water reservoir, shed of the refugee
camp, sanitation and also observed the camp situation, said a refugee leader.
They also
met with camp committee members and asked about the camp situation. The Camp
Management Committee Secretary Mr Zubair met with them and requested to try for
urgent durable solution for the refugees.
He also
said, “We have been living in the refugee camps for over two decades but still
we are passing refuge life. When I came to Bangladesh with my parents I was
only two years old. Now I am 23 years. My life is destroyed in the camp and
even I cannot go back to Burma as the Burmese government denied our citizenship
rights. How long, we have to stay as refugees in the makeshift camps?”
“I, on
behalf of the refugees, appeal to the International communities through Ms
Lillian to ensure the new lives for the world most persecuted Rohingya refugees,”
he more added.
However, at
around 3pm, they left the camp.
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