Rising Violence in Rohingya Camps: May soon spread beyond borders

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the international community to give proper attention to the Rohingya issue as growing violence and crimes in the Rohingya camps can soon spread beyond borders.

“The security situation in the Cox’s Bazar camps is getting complicated. The growing violence and crimes can soon spread beyond our borders,” she said.

The prime minister made the statement in a video message played in the two-day13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit that concluded in Cambodia yesterday.

She also cautioned the world community saying that a provisional response to the crisis will serve little purpose.

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“A critical test of our multilateral cooperation will be to find a lasting and peaceful solution for Myanmar’s forcibly displaced people — the Rohingyas,” she said.

In this connection she mentioned that Bangladesh offered temporary shelter to the Rohingyas and stabilised the situation.

“We continue to amplify the demand for their safe and dignified return to Myanmar. I urge the international community to give proper attention to the concerns we are raising,” she said.

Hasina said the COVID-19 pandemic has put a heavy pressure on the health systems and economies across the world.