UN calls for early settlement in Burma to repatriate Rohingya
U.N. Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop has called for a swift political settlement to allow the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to return home.
Bishop made the appeal in a meeting with Bangladesh’s interim government adviser, Touhid Hossain, in the country’s capital Dhaka.
More than 1.2 million Rohingya have been living in the Bangladeshi city of Cox’s Bazar since fleeing Burma’s brutal military crackdown in 2017.
That has been described as a genocide aimed at the Rohingya community.
Bishop is visiting refugee camps while on a two-day trip.
She has vowed to keep global attention on the crisis and backed a proposed U.N. conference to push for international action.
Hossain stressed the crisis is a burden on Bangladesh and a threat to regional stability.
He warned that failure to resolve it could worsen security in the region and urged greater international pressure on Burma to end the violence.
Hossain also called for regional support in rebuilding the country.
Bangladesh’s Interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus recently revealed that another 100,000 Rohingya have fled Burma due to ongoing conflict, increasing pressure on his country.
Both sides have agreed to work together for a lasting solution at the upcoming U.N. conference.
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