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Myanmar's clearance to 29252 more Rohingyas

From Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Dec 30: Myanmar today agreed to expedite the Rohingya refugee repatriation process providing a fresh clearance to another 29,252 of them, the highest so
The response came at the 12lh meeting held here between the officials of Myanmar and Bangladesh today, following Bangladesh’s proposal to allow largescalc repatriation.
An eight-member Myanmar delegation headed by U Maung Aung. Director General of Myanmar Manpower and Immigration Department, attended the two-hour talks that began at 11.30 am at Chittagong Court Building while Mohammad Omar Faruk. Divisional Commissioner of Chitta-
gong and refugee repatriation coordinator, led the 10-member Bangladesh team.
Briefing newsmen after the talks Faruk said "How to expedite the repatriation was the main goal of our discussion in today's meeting."
"We emphasised at this meeting on maintaining a continuity In repatriation by obtaining rapid clearance to raise the number of returnees tn the next batches," Faruk added.
Besides, both sides decided to organise a workshop with the repatriation personnel of Myanmar in a bld to help them speed up the clearance process. Faruk said.
The Bangladesh side also proposed that Myanmaa deploy
more repatriation personnel at the reception centres to step up the repatriation, said the Chittagong Divisional Commissioner adding that "after completing it we want to maintain a border of peace with Myanmar."
With today's clearances the number of refugees cleared so far by the Myanmar authorities totalled 67,896 out of 2,31,202 refugees listed to date, Faruk announced.
During today's meeting Bangladesh side handed over to Myanmar officials another list of 14,925 refugees, he also announced saying that in the next batch scheduled for January 3,1993, a total of 1154 refugees, the highest nunjber so far. would be repatriated.
Moreover, 11,362 refugees were awaiting repatriation in three transit camps at Teknaf, Faruk informed.
The repatriated refugees in the last 17 batches totalled at 5,962 and of them 932 persons went back between September 22. the date of conynence- ment of the repatriation, and November 25 tn four batches while 5Q30 persons returned between November 26 and December 28, said the Divisional Commissioner who claimed that repatriation had rcdfently picked up.
Faruk further said that the Myanmar team had agreed to let a Bangladesh journalists' team visit Arakan stafe soon to inspect the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled into Bangladesh to escape the military crackdown there.
Foreign journalists would also be allowed to Inspect the same if they applied for per- 1 mission from the Yangon government, Faruk said.
The 13th round of talks will be held in Myanmar next month,-he added.
The Divisional Commissioner said there were 5726 deaths and 3226 births from March 1992 to date and that 12 Incidents like riots and attacks took place at various camps in which at least 15 persons were killed and unspecified number of refugees were injured.
Omar Faruk said Btyigladcsh government had so far spent Taka ten crore for the Rohingya refugees from Its own resources while UNHCR had so far provided 5.8 million dollars out of the promised eight million dollars.
In reply to a question Omar Faruk reiterated that not a single refugee was sent back to Myanmar against his will and that those who volunteered to go back to their ancestral homes were repatriated.