Dhaka concerned by Rohingyas coming to Bangladesh from India

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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said a good number of Rohingyas are coming to Bangladesh from India through fence areas in recent times, which he sees as a matter of concern.

“Unfortunately, many Rohingyas are coming to Bangladesh from India,” he told reporters, adding that those Rohingyas went to India in 2012.

Momen said the Rohingyas who are coming after nine years have heard that they will have good food facilities in Cox’s Bazar.

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He said their relatives in Cox’s Bazar apparently conveyed to the Rohingyas in India that they are living happily in Cox’s Bazar with good food supply. “As a result, they (Rohingyas) are getting into Bangladesh in groups.”

The foreign minister said the bad news is that they are coming through fence areas through brokers at both ends of the Bangladesh-India border.

He said a total of 18 Rohingyas have been detained recently and they are coming in groups. “We have to engage more security forces to stop them.”