Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her call to the international community to continue pressure on Myanmar for the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

She made the call when visiting President and CEO of International Rescue Committee (IRC) David Miliband met her at her Jatiya Sangsad office.

The premier said Myanmar will have to take back the Rohingyas and the international community needs to keep up the pressure, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told reporters after the meeting.

David Miliband, a British Labour Party politician, said his team arrived in Bangladesh to see the condition of Rohingyas.

Praising Bangladesh, he said opening the border to the Rohingyas is a significant humanitarian gesture and it is a good signal to the international community.

Miliband said they will continue their assistance and recruit 100 staff from Bangladesh.

He, however, suggested decongestion of Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar.

Both the premier and IRC president feared that the biggest problem for Rohingyas will be possible mudslide during the upcoming monsoon.

Hasina said the government is preparing a safe place in Noakhali's Bhasanchar to shift the Rohingyas there. She said the government is providing healthcare services to the dis-

placed people.

She also said locals are suffering and the environment is being affected due to the influx.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and PM's International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister's Office Md Nojibur Rahman were also present.