May 20, 2014
Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh: The authorities of Bangladesh had
arrested over 1173 Rohingyas in special drives along the Bangladesh-Burma
border since 2014, according to official source from Cox’s Bazar.
According to
BGB official’s statement, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested Rohingya, 322
in January, 287 in February, 211 in March, 196 in April and 157 in May 20, 2014
after being conducted different operations along the border.
Most
of Rohingyas come to Bangladesh from Burma after sectarian violence in 2012,
the BGB statement said.
According
to different sources, the Rohingya Muslims are being persecuted on different
kinds- rape, killings, arbitrary arrest, torturing, extortion money, harassment
and looting by the police, Hluntin (riot police), army along with Moghs
(Rakhines).
On
May 18, A group of twenty four Rohingyas were arrested from Shapuri Dip
under the Teknaf police station by BGB while they were entering the Bangladesh
illegally, Amin, a local from Teknaf said.
In
the group, eleven males, seven females and six children and they were crossing
border – Naf River- with a row boat. Later, they were pushed back to Burma the
same day, Amin said.
The
government of Bangladesh made tight security along the Bangladesh-Burma border
where huge number of Burmese citizens are living in different areas of the
district. So, the Bangladesh government remain keeping the operation continue
to search the Rohingya in the areas, said a security officer from the border
who denied to be named.
The
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Chief in Dhaka Stina Lgungdell said
to the journalists in a press briefing that the Rohingya refugee from
Bangladesh need time to repatriate officially to their homeland.
“The
situation in their home land does not look likely that their repatriation would
be possible until the inter-communal violence in northern Rakhine State which
occurred since 2012, has been resolved,” the UNHCR chief.
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