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Rohingya crisis may disrupt security: PM

Warns Bangladesh's stability may be at stake if the refugees are not repatriated

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh's security and stability may be hampered if the Rohingya refugees cannot be repatriated to Myanmar soon.
In reply to a query from Awami League lawmaker Nur Mohammad in the Jatiya Sangsad, Hasina said, "The
community are putting pressure on Myanmar to create conducive conditions in Rakhine State, but unfortunately the situation there has not improved due to Myanmar government's rigid stance, the PM noted.
In a scripted answer, the premier told the House that Myanmar is carrying out propaganda in theFROM PAGE 1
300,000 Rohingyas, who had already taken shelter in Bangladesh in the previous years to escape atrocities in Myanmar where they were denied citizenship and basic rights since 1982.
Myanmar signed a repatriation deal with Bangladesh in November 2017. In June last year, the UNDP and the UN Refugee Agency struck a tripartite deal with Myanmar on creating conditions conducive for Rohingya return.
Though the repatriation was scheduled to start in November last year, Rohingyas say conditions in Rakhine are not safe for them, and there is no guarantee that they will be granted citizenship.
Bangladesh sheltered the Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds, but it is
bearing the brunt as their stay in Cox's Bazar is taking a heavy toll on forests, and local community and businesses.
In recent months, a number of Rohingyas were arrested in different parts of the country after they sneaked out of the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. Dozens more were detained while trying to go abroad with Bangladeshi passports. Besides, scores of Rohingyas were found involved in drug trafficking.
The PM said, "It is very tough for us to arrange food, clothes and accommodation for over 11 lakh Myanmar nationals for an indefinite period."
Hasina, the leader of the House, said she repeatedly raised voice in different international forums that it is
Myanmar"s responsibility to take back all the displaced Rohingyas and it has to take initiatives in this regard.
She also informed the House that world leaders are now putting immense pressure on Myanmar to stop inhuman torture on Rohingyas and take back its citizens from Bangladesh.
"At the 72th general assembly of the United Nations, 1 put forward a five-point proposal, including complete implementation of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Commission's recommendations, and also a three-point proposal on the sidelines of the 73rd general assembly for repatriation of over one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas."
Various international organisations and forums, such as the Organisation
of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) have been working to mount pressure on Myanmar to take back its nationals, she added.
The lawmakers' questions for the PM were tabled, breaking away from the usual practice in which the premier answers their queries directly. It was done so that the MPs had enough time to speak on the proposed budget for fiscal 2019-20.
Around 71 MPs were scheduled to participate in the budget discussion yesterday.
In reply to another query, Hasina said the government has set a target for creating some 1.5 crore jobs in the next five years.