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Another round of Dhaka-Yangon talks today

Move to curb NGO activities in refugee camps

By Toufique Im rose Khalidi
Bangladesh authorities have decided to clamp down on the activities of the Non-Gover-nmcnt Organisations (NGOs) working in the Rohingya refu gee camps tn Cox's Bazar
From now on, all activities of these organisations, engaged in relief activities, will be mon itored and the movement of their staff and workers between camps restricted, an authoritative source said yester day.
’No organisation will be allowed to cross the limits of Its mandate," the source who refused to be identified said
The measures come follow ing allegations that some of
these NGOs are engaged tn ac tivlttcs that have made things difficult for a voluntary repatri ation of some 270.000 refugees from Myanmar.
Despite both countries' readiness to start the process. Dhaka officials say, these NGOs motivational work among the Rohingyas has led to the delay and deadlock in the repatria Won bid.
Their activities have gone beyond the scope of humanitarian work and have become highly political in nature." the source said
In the backdrop of a law and order situation, the Home Minister last month visited the
area and the monitoring has virtually begun since then, the source added.
The refugees have been agl tatlng since the (Inal stages of physical preparations for their repatriation started and their refusal to return has made the April 28 agreement that en shrined voluntariness inoperative.
They demand that the UNHCR be glvert the Job of supervising and monitoring the whole process — upto their resettlement back home. Myanmar refuses to entertain the plea
Meanwhile, officials of the
two countries sit for the sixth round of talks, since signing the agreement. at the Myanmar border town of Maungdaw today to discuss the latest developments', a senior Foreign Ministry official said yesterday.
At the fifth meeting. Thursday, Bangladesh side proposed for a higher level talks on June 15 but Myanmar was non-committal.
Yesterday, Bangladesh received an offer from Myanmar for holding the meeting today and readily agreed to the proposal.
Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Omar Faruq and Myanmar Immigration Ministry's Director General Maung Aung will be leading the respective teams at the talks.
As the officials talk of NGOs, the blame has been put more on the Rohingya Solidarity Organlsatton(RSO) and the Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (ARIF) — both active among the Rohingyas sheltered tn the makeshift camps.
Allegations are also heard against the Bangladesh chapter of the Makkah-based Rabi tat al-Alam al-lslaml which has a charity network In the area. Dhaka office of the organisa tfon, however, denies the charge.
Observers also question the
role of the UNHCR staff, posted in the camp sites, and men from the French NGO Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF). Officials, however, decline to comment.
New names are now being added to the list of bodies bent on foiling the bilateral move.
Ilakratul Jihad al-lslaml. a Peshawar-based Arab organisation. now being pushed to wind up activities tn Afghanistan, has planned to Join the Arakan liberation movement via Bangladesh, reports from Pakistan said.
Two other organisations — Lajnat al-Birr al-Islamia and Hayatul Igasa — have had links with Bangladeshis sympathetic to the Rohingyas, the reports said
The Dally Star has learnt that some officials of the Hakratul Jehad have already approached the Bangladesh mission in Pakistan for visa.,.
Referring to the Hakralul Jehad which has an office in Dhaka. Pakistan's The Frontier Post newspaper reported last month that the Arabs associ ated with Afghan Jehad left for Myanmar to Join the Arakan liberation movement'.
Observers say Involvement of these Islamic organisations with the Arakanese will have a direct bearing on the refugee situation In the southern districts.