Episode: KPN 02-10-2022
Allow Rohingyas to work The Bangladesh government should provide the Rohingya refugees with livelihood opportunities as their repatriation to Myanmar would not be taking place anytime soon, said diplomats yesterday. […]
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Rohingyas on both sides fear for their lives, due to Myanmar-Bangladesh border tension
Due to the clashes between the Myanmar army and AA Rakhine armed group, the Bangladesh side has been receiving heavy ammunition and people have died, and the border security of the two countries has become a very worrying situation. In a situation where the war is still tense, both side the Rohingya in Bangladesh and Myanmar. People living on the border between the two countries and Bangladeshi refugee camps are worried about the safety of the Rohingya. On the Bangladesh side, while the Rohingyas are being forced to return home, they want to return to their homeland.
At the end of August 2017, after the ARSA extremist group’s attack on border guards in northern Rakhine State. Fearing for their lives during the Myanmar army’s clearing opreation, the local Rakhine people and Muslims fled their homes and fled for their lives. Out of this, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh. At the beginning of this month, when Rohingya are hoping to return home after living in these refugee camps for five years with all kinds of challenges and hardships. The border security between the two countries has become a worrying situation due to the resurgence of war and the intensification of fighting between the Arakan Armed Forces AA and the Myanmar Army. Last week, a Rohingya youth was killed and at least 6 people, including one Bangladeshi, were injured when a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar side exploded.
So far, U Soli Mulla, a former education worker who lives in the Zero Point refugee camp in Taungpyoletwea village,Bangladesh, told those who were seriously injured by morter shell, are still receiving medical treatment in hospitals in Bangladesh. The 9-year-old daughter of U Sauli Mulla, who was hit by a morter shell, and his wife, 45-year-old Daw Sabai Kunnahar, were seriously injured and are still receiving treatment in the hospital, U Sauli Mulla told.
“The reason they were injured was on September 16, when the Myanmar army fired multiple shots, one moter shall hit my home where my daughter was at home and other four injured. One died. My daughter hit at the bottom of the mouth,the neck, chin and hands, we take all the wounded people to MSF hospital and sent them to Chittagong Hospital. they had not yet been discharged from the hospital. Although the child is fine, there are still a lot of mortar fragments coming out. About eight of them came out from above the neck. My wife hit at two fingers. One of them is a little better. The hospital said the other finger must opreation as it hit the bone. I hope it will be well again. We opposed the moter shelling in the camp.”
The Rohingya Muslims are still worried about the safety of their lives due to the incident that took place on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in which a person was killed due to heavy artillery fire from the Myanmar side. U Kyaw Myint, a Rohingya refugee living in Kutupalaung Refugee Camp No. 9, Bangladesh, said this about the concerns of the Rohingya from camp.
“We are witnessing continuous fighting between the AA Arakan Army and the Myanmar Army along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. Last September (16th) due to the fighting, one person was killed when a shell hit the Zero Line Rohingya refugee camp on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. At least five were seriously injured. Along the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, near the milepost (40). As a result of the fighting, it was seen that artillery shells were constantly falling on the Bangladeshi side. Now, along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, Bangladeshi residents have been displaced. Security has been increased on this side (Bangladesh side) as well. Because of the fighting along the border, our Rohingya refugees are in a state of panic. Especially we Rohingyas are living with anxiety and worry. A few days ago, one of our young Rohingya refugees was killed by a shell. Five refugees, including a child, were seriously injured. Those children are still receiving medical treatment in a hospital in Bangladesh.”
The explosion of artillery shells in the territory of Bangladesh on the Myanmar side. The Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh was summoned and warned four times in a month for violating the airspace. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar also summoned the Bangladeshi ambassador to Myanmar. The shells that fell into Bangladesh were the shelling by the AA and ARSA groups, the ministry claned. As explained, it is creating a conflict between Myanmar and Bangladesh. General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the Military Council, said at a press conference held last week.
“There is always problem in Buthidaung and Maungdaw side during the UN General Assembly. Check back every year. We want to say that this year, AA and ARSA joined forces to create problems at the border of the two countries.”
As for the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the issue of Rohingya refugees who are taking refuge in the country is becoming a threat to their country’s security. She spoke at the UN General Assembly last week to ask the United Nations to help to repatriate these refugees. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in an exclusive interview with AFP that there is a need to increase pressure on the Myanmar Military Council to allow the Rohingya refugees to return home.
“Certainly they all returned to their country of origin, want to be allowed to live a normal life. Therefore, we want the international community to increase pressure on the Burmese government to take responsibility for their safe return home.”
“Certainly they all returned to their country of origin, want to be allowed to live a normal life. Therefore, we want the international community to increase pressure on the Burmese government to take responsibility for their safe return home.”
U Kyaw Myint, a Rohingya refugee, said that even though Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appealed to the international community, the Rohingyas who had to flee for their lives due to the army’s opreation clearance and were killed in the refugee camp by shelling heavy alterlary.
“The situation to return home is uncertain. It will be five years now. We, the Rohingya, were driven out of Rakhine State. Until today, there has been no process for our repatriation. In order for us to be able to return to a situation where the two countries can communicate, but, there are battles along the border. In these refugee camps, security for the Rohingyas is also weak. We live with anxiety. For example, on September 29, It has been a year since the assassination of the leader of the Rohingya, Muhib Ullah. Remembrance ceremonies were also held in our Rohingya camps. Respectable like a teacher, even a righteous person was assassinated, so it is a great loss for us. Therefore, we would like to ask the Bangladesh government, the international community, and the United Nations to take measures to ensure security for our Rohingya refugees. Our repatriation is uncertain. We would like to earnestly request that the international community, including the United Nations, resolve our crisis as soon as possible.”
Li Jiming, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, has promised that he will urge the Burmese military council to end the violations of the border of Bangladesh and to carry out the process of repatriating the Rohingya refugees as soon as possible.
Despite international pressure from Bangladesh to help, the term Rohingya is not officially accepted, and Bangladesh, which has given shelter to the Rohingya, and the recent military tensions between Myanmar and the border security of the two countries are tightening.
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