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Reacts Dhaka again to int'l pressure

Star Report
Amid continuous international pressure to accept Myanmar refugees, Bangladesh yesterday reiterated that there would be no transboundary spillover following the
ongoing sectarian violence in the neighbour country.
The New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged the Bangladesh government to immediately open its borders to Myanmarese seeking refuge.
"By closing its border when violence in Arakan State is out of control, Bangladesh is putting lives at grave risk,” Bill Frelick, refugee programme director at HRW, said in a press statement.
In Dhaka, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni hoped that Myanmar would be able to resolve its 'internal matter' amicably and pay attention to bringing back the refugees stranded in Bangladesh for long.
Talking to reporters after an international conference at Cirdap auditorium in the capital, the minister also hoped that the ongoing violence in Myanmar would not lead to any transboundary spillover, reports BSS.
She also said a senior UNHCR official is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on June 19. “But this visit will have nothing to do with the present crisis in Myanmar,” she said, adding that issues of repatriation of nearly 30,000 Myanmar refugees might come up during the talks.
The HRW press release, published on its website yesterday, said the government, which was anticipating an influx of refugees, had reportedly ordered its border guards and naval ser-vices to prevent Myanmarese from crossing the border into Bangladesh.
The release also quoted a remark of Dipu Moni at a news conference in Dhaka on Tuesday that, "It is not in our interest that new refu-
gees come from Myanmar.”
Bangladeshi authorities reported that at least 500 people aboard 11 boats had been pushed back over the last three days.
“Bangladesh has an obligation under international law to keep its border open to the people fleeing threats to their lives and provide them protection," Frelick added.
Although Bangladesh is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, it is obligated by the customary international law principle of nonrefoulement not to reject asylum seekers at its border when they are fleeing following threats to their lives or freedom, the HRW release mentioned.
“Bangladesh needs generous support right now from the international community to assist the refugees fleeing Arakan State and to find durable solutions later on,” Frelick said.
HRW called on Bangladesh government to allow independent humanitarian agencies free and unfettered access to the border areas, the release said, adding that other governments should provide humanitarian assistance and other support for the refugees.
They should also help in finding durable solutions both for the new arrivals and the 29,000 registered and an estimated 200,000 unregistered Rohingya refugees from Myanmar already in Bangladesh, the press release said.